Does the success of a school-based HPV vaccine programme depend on teachers' knowledge and religion? - A survey in a multicultural society

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4651-4654

  Woo, Yin Ling ^a,b   Razali, Sharina Mohd ^a   Chong, Kuoh Ren ^a   Omar, Siti Zawiah ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Science   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer prevention; Developing world; HPV vaccine; School based vaccination programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874015420     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.9.4651     Document Type: Article

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