HIV/AIDS knowledge and sexual activity: An examination of racial differences in a college sample

Health and Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Davis, Cindy ^a   Sloan, Melissa ^b   MacMaster, Samuel ^a   Kilbourne, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Prevention; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748907368     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/32.3.211     Document Type: Article

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