Talking about the "epidemic of the millennium": Religion, informal communication, and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Social Problems

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-321

  Agadjanian, Victor ^a   Menjívar, Cecilia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Informal communication; Mozambique; Religion; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349104440     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2008.55.3.301     Document Type: Article

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