Singaporean beliefs about HIV and AIDS

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 617-621

  Bishop, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Attitude to disease; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Singapore

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELIEFS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MISINFORMATION; RESEARCH REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ASIA; BELIEFS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MISINFORMATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030321493     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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