Female condoms, an urgent need.
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Adding the female condom to the public health agenda on prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men and women during anal intercourse.
Legal barriers to conducting public health research on methods of protection for anal intercourse were lifted in the United States in 2003 when the US Supreme Court invalidated all state antisodomy laws. Although research funding has been available for the development of rectal microbicides, the female condom, which has already been approved for vaginal use, has not been evaluated for anal use....
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American Medical Women's Association
دوره 46 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991