Exploring reasons for non-vaccination against human papillomavirus in Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Giambi, Cristina ^a,b   D'Ancona, Fortunato ^a   Del Manso, Martina ^a   De Mei, Barbara ^a   Giovannelli, Ilaria ^a   Cattaneo, Chiara ^a   Possenti, Valentina ^a   Declich, Silvia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Human papillomavirus infection; Immunisation programs; Reasons for non vaccination; Uterine cervical cancer; Vaccines and immunisation

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PARENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928581216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0545-9     Document Type: Article

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