Gender differences in condom use behavior? The role of power and partner-type

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 689-701

  Woolf, Sarah E ^a   Maisto, Stephen A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom; Gender; Partner type; Power; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149105662     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9381-3     Document Type: Article

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