Risk revisited: The perception of HIV risk in a community sample of low-income African American Women

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-74

  Younge, Sinead N ^a   Salem, Deborah ^b   Bybee, Deborah ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Health attitudes; HIV AIDS; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549088322     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798408320633     Document Type: Article

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