Knowledge and awareness of HPV and the HPV vaccine among young women in the first routinely vaccinated cohort in England

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1051-1056

  Bowyer, Harriet L ^a   Marlow, Laura A V ^a   Hibbitts, Sam ^b   Pollock, Kevin G ^c   Waller, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cervical cancer; HPV infection; Knowledge; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872599822     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.12.038     Document Type: Article

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