Condoms for prisoners: No evidence that they increase sex in prison, but they increase safe sex

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 377-379

  Butler, Tony ^a   Richters, Juliet ^b   Yap, Lorraine ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; CONDOM USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL SEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COERCION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ADULT; HUMAN RIGHTS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

CONDOMS; PREVENTION; PRISONERS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUEENSLAND; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84884185979     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050856     Document Type: Article

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