Gender-related power differences, beliefs and reactions towards people living with HIV/AIDS: An urban study in Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mbonu, Ngozi C ^a   Van Den Borne, Bart ^a   De Vries, Nanne K ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NIGERIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953318277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-334     Document Type: Article

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