The knowledge and attitude about HIV/AIDS among Jordanian dental students: (Clinical versus pre clinical students) at the University of Jordan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ryalat, Soukaina T ^a   Sawair, Faleh A ^a   Shayyab, Mohammad H ^a   Amin, Wala M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Dental students; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Jordan

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 79958773438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-191     Document Type: Article

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