Awareness of HIV/AIDS and STD amongst rural adolescents in hathras district of Uttar Pradesh

Health and Population: Perspectives and Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 187-197

  Kishore, J ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Ranjan, R ^a   Ingle, G K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Information; Risk behaviour; STDs; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848874778     PISSN: 02536803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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