Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among male high school students in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Thanavanh, Bounbouly ^a,b   Harun Or Rashid, Md ^b   Kasuya, Hideki ^b   Sakamoto, Junichi ^b  

^a Public Health Department   (Laos)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Lao PDR; Practices

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRIENDSHIP; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYRINGE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV/AIDS; LAO PDR; PRACTICES; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ATTITUDES; HIV/AIDS; KNOWLEDGE; LAO PDR; PRACTICES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879150549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.17387     Document Type: Article

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