AIDS-related knowledge, attitude, and behavior among adolescents in Zambia

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 488-494

  Mukuka, Lawrence ^b   Slonim Nevo, Vered ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV AIDS; Sex workers; Sub Saharan Africa; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCEST; INFECTION PREVENTION; LITERATURE; MALE; PAIN; PEER PRESSURE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; ZAMBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 34250738336     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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