Knowledge, attitude and practice in primary and secondary cervical cancer prevention among young adult Italian women

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2075-2082

  Donati, Serena ^a   Giambi, Cristina ^a   Declich, Silvia ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^a   Filia, A ^a   degli Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi ^a,b   Alibrandi, Maria Pia ^c   Brezzi, Silvia ^d   Carozzi, F ^y   Collina, Natalina ^f,s   Franchi, Daniela ^g   Lattanzi, Amedeo ^h   Meda, Margherita ⁱ   Minna, Maria Carmela ^j   Nannini, Roberto ^k   Gallicchio, Giuseppina ^l   Bella, Antonino ^a   Declich, S ^a   De Mei, B ^a   De Santis, S ^a   Donati, S ^a   Giambi, C ^a   Giannitelli, S ^a   Lana, S ^a   Meduri, F ^a   Nacca, G ^a   Ranghiasci, A ^a   Salmaso, S ^a   Toschi, M ^m   Franchi, D ⁿ   Caroselli, L ⁿ   Gallese, M ⁿ   Gallina, C ⁿ   Nardella, R ⁿ   Angeloni, C ^o   Lattanzi, A ^o   Acciavatti, S ^o   Angelozzi, A ^o   Di Febo, M ^o   Mucciarelli, R ^o   Minna, M C ^p   Granchelli, C ^p   Patrizii, M ^p   Taglione, I ^p   Tini, E ^p   Pini, M T ^q   Barretta, E ^q   Faredo, M ^q   Gallicchio, G ^q   Granata, R ^q   Improta, A ^q   Lorido, E ^q   Musella, A ^q   Petricciuoli, M A ^q   Scherillo, I ^q   Nannini, R ^r   Becca, M ^r   Cavalli, P ^r   Quercia, P ^r   Raspanti, R ^r   Turrini, O ^r   Aloi, M G ^s   Belletti, G ^s   Biavati, P ^s   Calzolari, A ^s   Fava, B ^s   Montrone, A ^s   Nanetti, G ^s   Onofri, D ^s   Salerno, S ^s   Brezzi, S ^t   Bonelli, L ^t   Brachini, A ^t   Cappelli, T ^t   Casciani, A M ^t   Esposito, G ^t   Mosconi, M ^t   Polesi, P ^t   Alibrandi, M P ^u   Anselmo, E ^u   Avalle, L ^u   Baracco, P ^u   Lucchini, E ^u   Meda, M ^v   Caruana, M ^v   Cavani, G ^v   Ronco, G ^w   Santini, M G ^x   Peroni, S ^x   Pini, S ^x   Trotto, D ^x   Brandigi, L ^y   Di Pierro, C ^y   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c LHU Torino4   (Italy)

^d LHU Viterbo   (Italy)

^e CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^f LHU Bologna   (Italy)

^g LHU Avezzano Sulmona L'Aquila   (Italy)

^h LHU Teramo   (Italy)

ⁱ LHU Torino1   (Italy)

^j LHU Pescara ^*  (Italy)

^k LHU Imola   (Italy)

^l LHU Napoli 2 Nord   (Italy)

^m Assessorato ai Servizi Sociali   (Italy)

ⁿ L Aquila Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale e Loro Derivati   (Italy)

^o ASL   (Italy)

^p ASL   (Italy)

^q ASL Napoli 2   (Italy)

^r Pediatria AUSL   (Italy)

^s Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^t AUSL   (Italy)

^u ASL n 9   (Italy)

^v Asl   (Italy)

^w Cancer Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^x AS   (Italy)

^y ISPO   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HPV; HPV vaccine; KAP survey; Pap smear; Young adult women

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PRIMARY CERVICAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY CERVICAL CANCER; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84857356527     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.057     Document Type: Article

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