Communication and consistency: Aids talk and aids attitudes

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-99

  Lalljee, Mansur ^a   Palmer Canton, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS attitudes; AIDS talk; Attitudes; Consistency

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0040924135     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603682     Document Type: Article

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