Women's knowledge about human papillomavirus and their acceptance of HPV vaccine

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-206

  Dursun, Polat ^a   Altuntas, Baris ^a   Kuscu, Esra ^a   Ayhan, Ali ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer prevention; Cervical cancer; HPV; HPV vaccine; Parents' health knowledge; Preinvasive cervical neoplasia

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949111206     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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