Invisible "Others": Sexual Health Vulnerabilities of Wives of Men who Have Sex with Men

Sexuality and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-89

  Pandya, Apurva ^a   Pandya, Siddhi ^b   Patil, Bharat ^c   Merchant, Sylvester ^c  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b Ambe Vidyalaya   (India)

^c Lakshya Trust   (India)

Author keywords

Sexual health vulnerabilities; Social organization of sexual orientation; Social risk; Targeted intervention (TI); Wives of men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855574248     PISSN: 10955143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12119-011-9100-7     Document Type: Article

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