HIV and AIDS related knowledge, sources of information, and reported need for further education among dental students in Sudan - A cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nasir, Elwalid Fadul ^a,b   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^b   David, Jamil ^b   Ali, Rouf Wahab ^a  

^a University of Science and Technology   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION SERVICE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDAN; TEACHING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SUDAN;

EID: 51049122118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-286     Document Type: Article

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