Human papillomavirus infection: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among lesbian, gay men, and bisexual in Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Pelullo, Concetta P ^a   Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84864646848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042856     Document Type: Article

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