HPV knowledge in Mexican college students: Implications for intervention programmes

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-157

  Vogtmann, Emily ^a   Harlow, Siobán D ^b   Valdez, Aurelio Cruz ^c   Valdez, Juan Carlos Cruz ^c   Ponce, Eduardo Lazcano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cervical screening; Knowledge and attitudes to cancer; Marginalised communities; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751488215     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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