African American women and AIDS: Factors influencing risk and reaction to HIV disease

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-123

  McNair, Lily D ^a   Prather, Cynthia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; HIV AIDS; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 12244288812     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798403261414     Document Type: Article

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