Knowledge and attitude of iranian university students toward human papilloma virus

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6115-6119

  Ghojazadeh, Morteza ^a   Azar, Zahra Fardi ^b   Saleh, Parviz ^c   Naghavi Behzad, Mohammad ^b   Azar, Nastaran Ghodratnezhad ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Eastern Azerbaijan   (Iran)

Author keywords

Human papilloma virus; Knowledge; Medicine; Prevention

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY; VIROLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84877079951     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.12.6115     Document Type: Article

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