Turkish school teachers' knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-277

  Nur, Naim ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TEACHER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TURKEY;

EID: 84866457500     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.271     Document Type: Article

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