Acculturation and HPV infection among Latinas in the United States

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-184

  Kepka, D ^a   Coronado, G ^b   Rodriguez, H ^c   Thompson, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cervical cancer; HPV; US Latinas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ACCULTURATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954814436     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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