Measuring AIDS fears in health workers: Structure of the FAIDSS across countries

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-129

  Essien, Ekere James ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a   Ezedinachi, E N U ^b   Meremikwu, Martins ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0033634624     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0147-1767(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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