HIV-related knowledge and AIDS stigma among college students in Yemen;Connaissances en termes de VIH et stigmatisation associée au sida chez des étudiants en République du Yémen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 901-906

  Badahdah, A M ^a   Sayem, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YEMEN;

EID: 77955814243     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.8.901     Document Type: Article

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