Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: Gardasil® vaccination status and knowledge amongst a nationally representative sample of Australian secondary school students

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 4416-4422

  Agius, Paul A ^a   Pitts, Marian K ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^a   Mitchell, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Gardasil ; HPV; Human papillomavirus; Knowledge; Sexual health; Student; Vaccination; Young people

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952741986     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.038     Document Type: Article

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