Surveillance of discriminatory attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS among the general public in Hong Kong from 1994 to 2000

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 1354-1360

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Tsui, H Y ^a   Phil, M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0346753533     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001616349     Document Type: Article

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