Review of interactive safer sex web sites: Practice and potential

Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-241

  Noar, Seth M ^a   Clark, Ashley ^a   Cole, Christi ^a   Lustria, Mia Liza A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFE SEX;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; SAFE SEX;

EID: 33846278944     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc2003_3     Document Type: Review

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