HIV/AIDS and the Gendering of Stigma in Tamil Nadu, South India

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-657

  van Hollen, Cecilia ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV AIDS; India; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957907662     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-010-9192-9     Document Type: Article

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