Assessing the role of education on Turkish university students' knowledge about HPV and related diseases

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1703-1711

  Yanikkerem, Emre ^a   Piyan, Gizem ^a   Kavlak, Tolga ^a   Karadeniz, Gülten ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Genital warts; HPV; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956139120     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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