Forsaking all others? The effects of same-sex partnership laws on risky sex

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 530, 2008, Pages 1055-1078

  Dee, Thomas S ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 45749151778     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02160.x     Document Type: Article

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