Factors affecting behaviors that address HIV risk among senior secondary school pupils in South Africa

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-56

  Peltzer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACKS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MALE; SAFE SEX; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035431856     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.1.51     Document Type: Article

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