HPV vaccine acceptability among Kenyan women

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 4864-4867

  Becker Dreps, Sylvia ^a   Otieno, Walter Agingu ^b   Brewer, Noel T ^c,d   Agot, Kawango ^b   Smith, Jennifer S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Africa; Cervical cancer; HPV; Kenya; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

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

EID: 77954762993     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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