Knowledge and attitude of women regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, its relationship to cervical cancer and prevention methods

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 468-473

  Farzaneh, Farah ^a   Shirvani, Hamidreza Esmaeilnia ^a   Barouti, Esmat ^a   Salehpour, Saghar ^a   Khodakarami, Nahid ^a   Alizadeh, Kamyab ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Human papillomavirus; Knowledge; Vaccinations; Women

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER RISK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857084641     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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