Knowledge of the HPV vaccine and its association with vaccine uptake among female higher-education students in Greece

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 300-305

  Donadiki, Elisavet M ^a   Jimenez Garcia, Rodrigo ^b   Hernandez Barrera, Valentin ^b   Carrasco Garrido, Pilar ^b   De Andres, Ana Lopez ^b   Jimenez Trujillo, Isabel ^b   Velonakis, Emmanuel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Department of Preventive Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education; Human papillomavirus vaccine; Knowledge; Predictors; Uptake

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874680409     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.22548     Document Type: Article

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