Buddhism, the status of women and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-61

  Klunklin, Areewan ^a   Greenwood, Jennifer ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MARRIAGE; PROSTITUTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THAILAND;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDDHISM; CONDOMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 12244294514     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330590885777     Document Type: Review

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