To contract genital warts - A risk of losing love? Experiences of Swedish men living with genital warts

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-114

  Hammarlund, Kina ^a   Lundgren, Ingela ^b   Nyström, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Existential experience; Genital warts; Hermeneutics; Human Papillomavirus (HPV); Life world method; Sexual health; Swedish men

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749148620     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0602.100     Document Type: Article

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