Women on men's sexual health and sexually transmitted infection testing: A gender relations analysis

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Oliffe, John L ^a   Chabot, Cathy ^a   Knight, Rod ^a   Davis, Wendy ^a   Bungay, Vicky ^a   Shoveller, Jean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femininities; Gender relations; Masculinities; Youth sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872795779     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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