Awareness of human papillomavirus among women attending a well woman clinic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-322

  Waller, Jo ^a   McCaffery, K ^a,c   Forrest, S ^a   Szarewski, A ^b   Cadman, L ^b   Wardle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CANDIDIASIS; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA SMEAR; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0042388382     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.4.320     Document Type: Article

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