AIDS Knowledge Among Latinos: Findings From a Community and Agricultural Labor Camp Survey

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-311

  Urizar Jr , Guido G ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Health behaviors; Hispanic Americans; Knowledge; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919288     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303256911     Document Type: Review

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