Knowledge and concerns related to the human papillomavirus vaccine among underserved latina women

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Wu, Justine P ^a   Porch, Emily ^b   McWeeney, Michelle ^a   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^a   Levine, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; concerns; human papillomavirus vaccine; knowledge; Latina

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954949036     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181d4e747     Document Type: Article

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