Racial disparities in awareness of the human papillomavirus

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1165-1173

  Gelman, Amanda ^a   Nikolajski, Cara ^a,b   Schwarz, Eleanor Bimla ^a,c   Borrero, Sonya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; NEGRO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER VACCINES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051721939     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2617     Document Type: Article

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