Hear all about it: Nightly television news coverage of cervical cancer vaccination in the United States

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-158

  Wallace, Lorraine S ^a   Ache, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus; News media; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; COLOMBIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG LABELING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 68649099675     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e31818f2316     Document Type: Article

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