Perceptions of sexual partner safety

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-571

  Masaro, C L ^a,d   Dahinten, V S ^b   Johnson, J ^b   Ogilvie, G ^b,c   Patrick, D M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d BCCDC ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 48049104374     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181660c43     Document Type: Article

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