The HIV-Knowledge Questionnaire: Development and Evaluation of a Reliable, Valid, and Practical Self-Administered Questionnaire

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-74

  Carey, Michael P ^a   Morrison Beedy, Dianne ^b   Johnson, Blair T ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Assessment; HIV; Knowledge; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002016094     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026218005943     Document Type: Article

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