AIDS and risk: The handling of uncertainty in northern Tanzania

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Haram, Liv ^a  

^a NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TANZANIA; THEORY; TRUST;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TANZANIA; UNCERTAINTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 12744281035     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050410001680500     Document Type: Article

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