Resistance to a residential AIDS home: An empirical test of NIMBY

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-145

  Colón, Israel ^a   Marston, Brett ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Homophobia; NIMBY

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0033056105     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v37n03_08     Document Type: Article

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