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. 1998 Nov 1;89(6):368–370. doi: 10.1007/BF03404075

The Impact of Embarrassment on Condom Purchase Behaviour

Darren W Dahl 12, Gerald J Gorn 22, Charles B Weinberg 32,
PMCID: PMC6990172  PMID: 9926492

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This research was funded in part by grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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