Prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus infection in healthy women is related to sexual behaviours and educational level: a cross-sectional study

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1013-1021

  Tay, Sun Kuie ^a   Oon, Lynette Lin Ean ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; epidemiology; HPV; human papillomavirus; multiple sexual partners; penetrative vaginal sexual intercourse; risk factors; sexual debut; sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PENETRATIVE SEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921475287     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414528315     Document Type: Article

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