Human Papillomavirus awareness, knowledge and vaccine acceptance: A survey among 18-25 year old male and female vocational school students in Berlin, Germany

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 808-813

  Blödt, Susanne ^a   Holmberg, Christine ^a   Müller Nordhorn, Jacqueline ^a   Rieckmann, Nina ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870551649     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr188     Document Type: Article

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