Relevance of education and intelligence at the national level for health: The case of HIV and AIDS

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-395

  Rindermann, Heiner ^a   Meisenberg, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Education; Health policy; HIV; Intelligence; Sexual behavior; SSA; STD

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349192211     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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