Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV/AIDS Among HIV-Positive African-American patients in Rural Alabama

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-394

  Zekeri, Andrew A ^a   Habtemariam, Tsegaye ^a   Tameru, Berhanu ^a   Ngawa, David ^a   Robnett, Vinaida ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349146832     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.2.388-394     Document Type: Article

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