AIDS knowledge and attitudes in a Turkish population: An epidemiological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ayranci, Unal ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TRANSMISSION; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 26244450673     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-95     Document Type: Article

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