What do gay men know about human papillomavirus? Australian gay men's knowledge and experience of anal cancer screening and human papillomavirus

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-173

  Pitts, Marian K ^a   Fox, Christopher ^a   Willis, Jon ^a   Anderson, Jonathon ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Carlton Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ANUS DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; DYSPLASIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; WART VIRUS; ANUS TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947726512     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000230436.83029.ce     Document Type: Article

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