Promoting protection and pleasure: amplifying the effectiveness of barriers against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9551, 2006, Pages 2028-2031

  Philpott, Anne ^a,b   Knerr, Wendy ^b   Maher, Dermot ^c  

^a Department for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b The Pleasure Project   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; MICROBICIDE; NITRILE; POLYURETHAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EROTISM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEPHONE; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33751420520     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69810-3     Document Type: Note

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