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Clinical Trial
. 2011 May;38(5):445-7.
doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ffd73e.

Assessment of fully and partially condom-protected sex among US women: the potential for overestimating protected sex acts

Kyung-Hee Choi  1 , Steven E Gregorich
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Clinical Trial

Assessment of fully and partially condom-protected sex among US women: the potential for overestimating protected sex acts

Kyung-Hee Choi et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2011 May.

Abstract

Limited information is available on potential over-reporting of protected sex acts among US women. Of 19,003 sex acts reported by 705 participants over a 3-month period, 26.9% and 9.2% were fully and partially protected by a condom, respectively. The potential for misclassifying partially condom-protected sex acts as fully condom-protected sex acts is discussed.

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