HIV/AIDS in the Middle East: A guide to a proactive response

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-171

  Cheemeh, Parvaneh Ehsanzadeh ^a   Montoya, Isaac D ^a   Essien, E James ^a   Ogungbade, Gbadebo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; HIV AIDS; Leadership; Middle East; Socio cultural factors

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NORTH AFRICA; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33745268869     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466424006066280     Document Type: Article

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