'Shame on you' - The psychosocial impact of genital warts

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 557-560

  Jeynes, C ^a   Chung, M C ^b   Challenor, R ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Peninsula Allied Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HPV; Intrusive thoughts; Shame; Stigma; Warts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME;

EID: 70349229372     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008412     Document Type: Article

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