HPV vaccination of adult women: An audit of Australian general practitioners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 528-533

  Mazza, Danielle ^a   Petrovic, Katja ^a   Chakraborty, Samantha ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes; general practice; human papillomavirus; knowledge; practices; vaccination

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870881351     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12002     Document Type: Article

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