Who really uses condoms? Findings from a large internet-recruited random sample of unmarried heterosexual college students in the Southeastern United States

Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 9-27

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   McCoy, Thomas ^a   Omli, Morrow R ^b   Cohen, Gail ^a   Champion, Heather ^a   DuRant, Robert H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; College students; Condom; E mail; HIV; Internet; Sexually transmitted disease; STD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERFORMING ARTIST; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249303067     PISSN: 15538346     EISSN: 15538613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J499v07n02_02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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