High HPV vaccine acceptance despite low awareness among Swedish upper secondary school students HPV and upper secondary school students Gottvall et al.

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-405

  Gottvall, Maria ^a   Larsson, Margareta ^b   Höglund, Anna T ^a   Tydén, Tanja ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cervical cancer; Condom; Genital warts; HPV; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; DRUG COST; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 71149107499     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625180903229605     Document Type: Article

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