What do young adults know about the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Findings from a population based study in Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Farid ul Hasnain, Syed ^a,b   Johansson, Eva ^b,c   Krantz, Gunilla ^b,d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549165868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-38     Document Type: Article

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