Sexual Safety and Risk Taking Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Women: A Qualitative Study

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-220

  Corneille, Maya A ^a   Tademy, Raymond H ^a   Reid, Mitchell C ^a   Belgrave, Faye Z ^a   Nasim, Aashir ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; condom use; HIV risk; masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349087737     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012768     Document Type: Article

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