Extent of Knowledge about HIV and Its Determinants among Men in Bangladesh

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yaya, Sanni ^a   Bishwajit, Ghose ^b   Danhoundo, Georges ^c   Seydou, Idé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; demographic and health survey; education; global health; health communication; HIV knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011310922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00246     Document Type: Article

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