Misconception and knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among married women in the reproductive age group in Assam, India

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 966-972

  Chakraborty, Subrata ^a   Hazarika, Partha Jyoti ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; HIV AIDS; Multinomial logistic regression; Odds Ratio; P value; Z test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856171872     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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