Risks and benefits of multiple sexual partnerships: Beliefs of rural Nigerian adolescent males

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-207

  Izugbara, Chimaraoke Otutubikey ^a,b   Nwabuawele Modo Felicia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adolescent males; Benefits; Multiple sexual partnerships; Nigeria; Risks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44449091799     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988307301341     Document Type: Article

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