Men with broken condoms: Who and why?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Crosby, R A ^a   Yarber, W L ^b   Sanders, S A ^b,c   Graham, C A ^c,d   McBride, K ^b   Milhausen, R R ^e   Arno, J N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847152093     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.021154     Document Type: Article

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