Knowledge and attitudes towards AIDS among Saudi and non-Saudi bus drivers

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 716-724

  Abdelmoneim, I ^a   Khan, M Y ^a   Daffalla, A ^a   Al Ghamdi, S ^a   Al Gamal, M ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PROTECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; INDIA; INDONESIA; KENYA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATION; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; KENYA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONS; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX EDUCATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 14744281876     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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