Correlates of condom use among sexually experienced secondary school male students in Nairobi, Kenya

Sahara J

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Yotebieng, Marcel ^a   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Mitchell, Ellen MH ^b   Adimora, Ada ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Africa; Condom use; HIV STDs; Internet; Kenya

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649264598     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2009.9724924     Document Type: Article

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