"He won't use condoms": HIV-infected women's struggles in primary relationships with serodiscordant partners

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1015-1022

  Stevens, Patricia E ^a,b,c   Galvao, Loren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Center for Urban Population Health   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WISCONSIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34250796735     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075705     Document Type: Article

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