Stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS among college students in China: Implications for HIV/AIDS education and prevention

Health Education

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-144

  Zhang, Liying ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Mao, Rong ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^a   Zhao, Qun ^b   Wang, Bo ^a   Mathur, Ambika ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Education; HIV; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449088542     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280810855586     Document Type: Article

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