Prevalence and determinants of HPV infection among Colombian women with normal cytology

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 324-333

  Molano, M ^a,b   Posso, H ^b   Weiderpass, E ^c   Van den Brule, A J C ^a   Ronderos, M ^b   Franceschi, S ^c   Meijer, C J L M ^a   Arslan, A ^c   Munoz, N ^c   Gonzalez, M ^d   Luna, J ^d   Martinez, G ^d   Mora, E ^d   Perez, G ^d   Fuentes, J M ^d   Gomez, C ^d   Klaus, E ^d   Camargo, C ^d   Tobon, C ^d   Palacio, T ^d   Suarez, C ^d   Molina, C ^d   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Colombia; Epidemiology; HPV

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLOMBIA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037194454     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600442     Document Type: Article

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