A Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices (KABP) Survey on HIV Infection and AIDS among Doctors and Dental Surgeons in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 581-587

  Chan, R ^a,b   Khoo, L ^a   Goh, C L ^a   Lam, M S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Education; Health care workers; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTIST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HUMAN; KAP SURVEYS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ASIA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; KAP SURVEYS; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031218758     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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