Knowledge and attitudes of adult peruvian women vis-à-vis human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer, and the HPV vaccine

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Lee, Frank H ^a   Paz Soldan, Valerie A ^b,c   Carcamo, Cesar ^c   Garcia, Patricia J ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cervical cancer; HPV vaccine; Knowledge; Peru

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950973750     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181c08f5e     Document Type: Article

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