HIV/AIDS — Information and knowledge: A comparative study of Kenyan and Swedish teenagers

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-118

  Eriksson, Torbjörn ^a   Sonesson, Andreas ^a   Isacsson, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health information; hiv knowledge; hiv aids; intercultural differences

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 26844568180     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489702500208     Document Type: Article

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