Knowledge and attitudes of adult HIV positive patients to HIV/AIDS in Yola, Nigeria

Olutayo Folashade Martins; Lekhraj Rampal*; Lye Munn-Sann; Sherina Mohd Sidik; Norlijah Othman; Zubairu Iliyasu; Fatai Kunle Salawu

doi:10.5897/JPHE2015.0742

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Public Health and Epidemiology

Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2316
DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
Start Year: 2009
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Knowledge and attitudes of adult HIV positive patients to HIV/AIDS in Yola, Nigeria

Olutayo Folashade Martins

Olutayo Folashade Martins
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Lekhraj Rampal*

Lekhraj Rampal*
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Lye Munn-Sann

Lye Munn-Sann
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Sherina Mohd Sidik

Sherina Mohd Sidik
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Norlijah Othman

Norlijah Othman
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Zubairu Iliyasu

Zubairu Iliyasu
Department of Community Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano state, Nigeria
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Fatai Kunle Salawu

Fatai Kunle Salawu
Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Center Yola, Adamawa state, Nigeria.
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Article Number - 6E4654B53750
Vol.7(7), pp. 241-248 , July 2015
https://doi.org/10.5897/JPHE2015.0742

Received: 13 May 2015
Accepted: 28 May 2015
Published: 31 July 2015

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