Cervical human papillomavirus infection in a sample of Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico: Comparison with cervical cytology reports

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-7

  Méndez, Keimari ^a   Romaguera, Josefina ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^b   Soto Salgado, Marievelisse ^a   Tortolero Luna, Guillermo ^c   Palefsky, Joel M ^d   Ortiz, Ana P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Prevention; Screening; Self sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PUERTO RICO; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875196077     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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