Adolescents' awareness of HPV infections and attitudes towards HPV vaccination 3 years following the introduction of the HPV vaccine in Hungary

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 8591-8598

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adolescents' health; Attitudes; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Prevention; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455171864     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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