Knowledge, attitudes, and experience regarding HIV/AIDS among older adult inner-city Latinos

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Hillman, Jennifer ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COGNITION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41749086463     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.66.3.e     Document Type: Article

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