The blame game: Cervical cancer, knowledge of its link to human papillomavirus and stigma

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-109

  Shepherd, Melissa A ^a   Gerend, Mary A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blame; cervical cancer; emotion; human papillomavirus; sexually transmitted disease; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STEREOTYPING; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STEREOTYPING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888013564     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2013.834057     Document Type: Article

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