Knowledge and attitudes of paramedical students in Saudi Arabia toward HIV/AIDS

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1183-1189

  Al Mazrou, Yagob Y ^a   Abouzeid, Mohammad S ^a   Al Jeffri, Mohammad H ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ILLEGITIMACY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 24744444554     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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