Prisoners' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and its prevention in Kerman, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 725-731

  Nakhaee, F H ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRAN; MALE; PRISONER; READING; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 14744267990     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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