Concurrent sexual partnerships among African American women in Philadelphia: Results from a qualitative study

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-296

  Nunn, Amy ^a   Dickman, Samuel ^a   Cornwall, Alexandra ^a   Kwakwa, Helena ^b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a   Rana, Aadia ^a   Rosengard, Cynthia ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

concurrency; HIV AIDS; incarceration.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDOM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PHILADELPHIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862512358     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11099     Document Type: Article

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