Condom effectiveness: Where are we now?

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Crosby, Richard ^a,b   Bounse, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex   (United States)

Author keywords

misclassification bias; rigor; study design

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84857477339     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11036     Document Type: Review

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49. Do condoms protect against non-viral STIs? Grant # R01A1068119 to Dr. Richard A. Crosby.