Association of Knowledge of HIV and Other Factors with Individuals' Attitudes toward HIV Infection: A National Cross-Sectional Survey among the Japanese Non-Medical Working Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Guoqin ^a   Wada, Koji ^a   Hoshi, Keika ^a   Sasaki, Nanae ^b   Ezoe, Satoshi ^c   Satoh, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOMATSU LTD   (Japan)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPANESE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880471008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068495     Document Type: Article

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