Predictors of sexual behaviour among men and women in New York City area prisons

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1393-1406

  Rowell Cunsolo, Tawandra L ^a   Szeto, Betsy ^b   Sampong, Stephen A ^a   Larson, Elaine L ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

corrections; HIV risk; incarceration; Prisoners; sexual behaviour; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973619400     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2016.1188420     Document Type: Article

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