Hispanic Mothers' and High School Girls' Perceptions of Cervical Cancer, Human Papilloma Virus, and the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine
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Human papilloma virus and cervical cancer.
From epidemiological viewpoint, it has been elucidated that cervical cancer is caused by something transmitted through sexual contact. At present, human papilloma virus, HPV, is thought to be one of the most important candidates, because 60-80% of invasive cancer as well as 30-50% of premalignant lesions of the cervix contain HPV, most of which is HPV-16 or 18. However, these HPVs are detected ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Adolescent Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1054-139X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.09.020