Awareness and knowledge of AIDS and HIV risk among women attending STD clinics in Pune, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 106, Issue SEPT., 1997, Pages 212-222

  Mawar, N ^a   Mehendale, S ^a   Thilakavathi, S ^a   Shepherd, M ^b   Rodrigues, J ^a   Bollinger, R ^b   Bentley, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Behaviour; Condom; HIV; India; Prevention; STD; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMBULATORY CARE; AWARENESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0030868811     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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