Singaporean men's knowledge of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) and their attitudes towards HPV vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2989-2993

  Pitts, Marian ^a   Smith, Anthony ^a   Croy, Samantha ^a   Lyons, Anthony ^a   Ryall, Richard ^a   Garland, Suzanne ^b,c   Wong, Mee Lian ^d   Hseon, Tay Eng ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus; Human papillomavirus vaccination; Men

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65049090142     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.101     Document Type: Article

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