HPV infection awareness and self-reported HPV vaccination coverage in female adolescent students in two German cities

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1151-1156

  Samkange Zeeb, F ^a   Spallek, L ^a   Klug, S J ^b   Zeeb, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HPV awareness; Vaccination status

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CITIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872273305     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9589-1     Document Type: Article

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