Knowledge, attitude, the perceived risks of infection and sources of information about HIV/AIDS among pregnant women in an urban population of Delhi

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-34

  Singh, Saudan ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^b   Ingle, G K ^a   Tatara, Kozo ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS MEDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038050782     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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