Community based study of AIDS awareness and attitudes among school and college-going teenagers from rural background

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-11

  Bhalwar, Rajvir ^a   Jayaram, J ^b  

^a Station Health Organisation   (India)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; AIDS; College students; Knowledge and attitudes; Teenagers; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKER;

EID: 0344011961     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(03)80094-1     Document Type: Article

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