Mothers' knowledge and attitudes about HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancers

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 7263-7266

  Kose, Dilek ^a   Erkorkmaz, Unal ^a   Cinar, Nursan ^a   Altinkaynak, Sevin ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papilloma virus; Mothers' knowledge and attitudes; Turkey; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84907266351     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.17.7263     Document Type: Article

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