Awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention among Cameroonian healthcare workers

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McCarey, Catherine ^a   Pirek, David ^a   Tebeu, Pierre M ^b   Boulvain, Michel ^c   Doh, Anderson S ^d   Petignat, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Cameroon)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Yaounde Gyneco Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMEROON; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; NURSE; NURSING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054116486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-45     Document Type: Article

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