She Decides: Sex Partner Selection Decision Making and African American Women

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 872-892

  Anaebere, Ann Kiki ^a   Nyamathi, Adeline ^a   Maliski, Sally ^a   Ford, Chandra ^a   Hudson, Angela ^a   Koniak Griffin, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; AIDS; HIV; sex partner; sexual decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868609908     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934712459958     Document Type: Article

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