Aids knowledge gaps: Results from the first decade of the epidemic and implications for future public information efforts

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-155

  Salmon, Charles T ^a   Wooten, Karen ^b   Gentry, Eileen ^c   Cole, Galen E ^d   Kroger, Fred ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c private consultancy   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030112021     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107396128112     Document Type: Article

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