Through indigenous eyes: Native Americans and the HIV epidemic

Health and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Weaver, Hilary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; HIV AIDS; Indigenous people; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL WORK; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0002938035     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/24.1.27     Document Type: Article

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