Students' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about AIDS: A cross-cultural study

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-125

  Petro Nustas, Wasileh ^a   Kulwicki, Anahid ^b   Zumout, Arwa F ^c  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; JORDAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; JORDAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036546171     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365960201300204     Document Type: Article

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