Knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS: A comparison between Arab and Jewish professionals living in Israel

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-339

  Azaiza, Faisal ^a   Ben Ari, Adital Tirosh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; Attitudes; Cross cultural perspective; Knowledge; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346639354     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00242     Document Type: Article

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