Conspiracy beliefs about the origin of HIV/AIDS in four racial/ethnic groups

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-344

  Ross, Michael W ^a,c   Essien, E James ^b   Torres, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom use; Conspiracy beliefs; HIV AIDS; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONDOM; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXAS;

EID: 33645096595     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000209897.59384.52     Document Type: Article

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