Assessment of behavioural risk factors associated with HIV infection among youth in Moshi rural district, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 528-532

  Tengia Kessy, A ^a   Msamanga, G I ^a   Moshiro, C S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032152680     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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