Fostering accurate HIV/AIDS knowledge among unmarried youths in Cameroon: Do family environment and peers matter?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tsala Dimbuene, Zacharie ^a   Kuate Defo, Barthelemy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SINGLE PERSON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956025468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-348     Document Type: Article

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