Influence of educational status and other variables on human immunodeficiency virus risk perception among military personnel: a large cohort finding.

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Published in Mil Med on November 01, 2007

Authors

E James Essien1, Gbadebo O Ogungbade, Doriel Ward, Ernest Ekong, Michael W Ross, Angela Meshack, Laurens Holmes

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Community Health, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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