HIV-related stigma among market workers in China

Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-438

  Lee, Martha B ^a,f   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a   Detels, Roger ^a,e   Wu, Zunyou ^b,d   Guan, Jihui ^c   Li, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Fujian Institute of Health Education   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; HIV; HIV stigma; HIV testing; Market workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MARKET; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE;

EID: 23244448763     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.4.435     Document Type: Article

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