Behavioral and cognitive barriers to safer sex between men in steady relationships: Implications for prevention strategies

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-314

  Davidovich, Udi ^a   De Wit, John B F ^b   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDOM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX;

EID: 4143107907     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.16.4.304.40398     Document Type: Article

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