HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: A rumour without evidence

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1708-1710

  Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Chan, Kit Yee ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; STIGMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 33750882125     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030435     Document Type: Short Survey

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