Difficulties in the prevention of cervical cancer: Adults' attitudes towards HPV vaccination 3 years after introducing the vaccine in hungary

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5122-5129

  Marek, Erika ^a   Dergez, Timea ^a   Kricskovics, Antal ^a   Kovacs, Krisztina ^a   Rebek Nagy, Gabor ^b   Gocze, Katalin ^a   Kiss, Istvan ^a   Ember, Istvan ^a   Gocze, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Adults; Awareness; Cervical cancer; HPV; Knowledge; Survey; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINANCE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUNGARY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRUST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960301148     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.048     Document Type: Article

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