HIV/STD: The women to blame? Knowledge and attitudes among STD clinic attendees in the second decade of HIV/AIDS

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 543-547

  Rakwar, J ^b   Kidula, N ^b   Fonck, K ^a,b   Kirui, P ^c   Ndinya Achola, J ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Nairobi City Commission   (Kenya)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV; Knowledge; STD; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCHOOL; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREJUDICE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0032812642     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914519     Document Type: Article

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