Assessment of the knowledge and attitude of female students towards cervical cancer prevention at an International University in Japan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 897-900

  Ghotbi, Nader ^a   Anai, Akane ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HPV; Immunization; Japanese women's health; Periodic Pap screening

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; MASS VACCINATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871691443     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.3.897     Document Type: Article

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