Interrelationships between HIV/AIDS and risk behavior prejudice among medical students in Southern China

Current HIV Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 606-611

  Chan, Kit Yee ^a   Yang, Yi ^b   Li, Ze Rong ^c   Stoové, Mark A ^d   Reidpath, Daniel D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Commercial sex; HIV AIDS; Injecting drug use; Prejudice; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VIGNETTE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD DONORS; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949102359     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016209789973655     Document Type: Article

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