Knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards AIDS among educated youth in Lahore, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 179-182

  Raza, Mirza Imran ^a   Afifi, Ahmed ^a   Choudhry, Abdul Jamil ^b   Khan, Humayun Iqbal ^c  

^a Punjab AIDS Control Program   (Pakistan)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Pakistan)

^c MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIROLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0032092443     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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