Credibility of information from official sources on HIV/AIDS transmission

Public Health Reports

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-471

  Guttman, Nurit ^a,b   Boccher Lattimore, Daria ^c,d   Salmon, Charles T ^e,f  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UMDNJ Robt Wood Johnson Med Sch

^d Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center ^*

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031688280     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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