Children's AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes: Variations by grade, race, gender, socioeconomic status, and size of community

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-298

  Kistner, Janet ^b   Eberstein, Isaac W ^c   Quadagno, David ^c   Sly, David ^c   Sittig, Lynne ^c   Foster, Kim ^c   Balthazor, Michael ^a   Castro, Rafael ^c   Osborne, Mary ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030878649     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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