Social representations of HIV/AIDS in five Central European and Eastern European countries: A multidimensional analysis

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-680

  Goodwin, Robin ^a   Kwiatkowska, Anna ^b   Realo, Anu ^c   Kozlova, Alexandra ^d   Nguyen Luu, Lan Anh ^e   Nizharadze, George ^f  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 4344658938     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120412331269521     Document Type: Article

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