Knowledge and attitude about HIV/AIDS of schoolteachers in Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-297

  Mazloomy, S S ^a   Baghianimoghadam, M H ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT BITE; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45849122896     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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