Cross-sectional population-based study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding HIV/AIDS in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Meundi, Anand D ^a   Amma, Ambikadevi ^a   Rao, Aruna ^b   Shetty, Sangeetha ^a   Shetty, Avinash K ^c  

^a NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; India

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67649262493     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109707302088     Document Type: Article

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