Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine in Belgian students
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Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine in Belgian students
INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge of Belgian university students about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-vaccination. MATERIAL AND METHODS During a period of two months we administered an online questionnaire, which contained 29 questions, to 3332 students of the Free University of Brussels. Of the 433 completed questionnaires, 346 were included by age (18-3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Central European Journal of Urology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2080-4873
DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2014.04.art19