Sexual Behaviors and Partner-Specific Correlates of Heterosexual Anal Intercourse Among Truck Drivers and Their Wives in South India

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-306

  Bhatnagar, Tarun ^a   Sakthivel Saravanamurthy, P ^b   Detels, Roger ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Independent Researcher   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterosexual anal intercourse; Sexual behavior; South India; Truck drivers; Wives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925488929     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: 15732800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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