What men who have sex with men think about the human papillomavirus vaccine

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-149

  Simatherai, D ^a   Bradshaw, C S ^b   Fairley, C K ^a,c   Bush, M ^c   Heley, S ^c   Chen, M Y ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 65649123435     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.032581     Document Type: Article

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