Awareness of human papillomavirus infection, testing and vaccination in midwives and midwifery students in Greece

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 542-546

  Dinas, K ^a,b   Nasioutziki, M ^a   Arvanitidou, O ^a   Mavromatidis, G ^a   Loufopoulos, P ^a   Pantazis, K ^a   Dovas, D ^a   Daniilidis, A ^a   Tsampazis, N ^a   Zepiridis, L ^a   Theodoridis, T ^a   Loufopoulos, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HPV infection; HPV vaccine; Midwifery students; Midwives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349091929     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610902977684     Document Type: Article

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