Lessons Learned From a Boston Community Health Center Promoting the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine in a Minority Adult Population

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Ricciotti, Hope A ^a,b,c   Girouard, Sasha ^b   Pokorney, Gail ^b   Dodge, Laura E ^a   Hacker, Michele R ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dimock Center   (United States)

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EID: 84922397245     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131909356109     Document Type: Article

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