AIDS Conspiracy beliefs and unsafe sex in Cape Town

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 761-773

  Grebe, Eduard ^a   Nattrass, Nicoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Condom use; HIV AIDS conspiracy beliefs; HIV AIDS denialism; HIV AIDS prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WITCHCRAFT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX; WITCHCRAFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863715942     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9958-2     Document Type: Article

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