AIDS education in Tanzania: Promoting risk reduction among primary school children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1931-1936

  Klepp, Knut Inge ^a,e   Ndeki, Sidney S ^b   Leshabari, Melkizedeck T ^c   Hannan, Peter J ^d   Lyimo, Babuel A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b and Children   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031441183     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.12.1931     Document Type: Article

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