Threats of cross-contamination on effects of a sexual risk reduction intervention: Fact or fiction

Prevention Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Lang, Delia L ^a   DiClemente, Ralph J ^a   Hardin, James W ^b   Crosby, Richard A ^c   Salazar, Laura F ^a   Hertzberg, Vicky S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual risk behavior; Cross contamination; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 70349863139     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-009-0127-z     Document Type: Article

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