Consensus theory model of AIDS/SIDA beliefs in four Latino populations

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 414-426

  Trotter II, Robert T ^a   Weller, Susan C ^b,h   Baer, Roberta D ^c   Pachter, Lee M ^d   Glazer, Mark ^e   Garcia De Alba Garcia, Javier E ^f   Klein, Robert E ^g  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^g Med Entomol Res Training Unit CDC   (Guatemala)

^h University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEXICO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; THEORY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONNECTICUT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS;

EID: 0032735624     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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