Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection among high risk men in Puerto Rico attending a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) clinic
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Vivian Colón-López, PhD; Ana P. Ortiz, PhD; Lizbeth M. Del Toro-Mejías, BS; Hermes García, MD Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health; Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico; Centro Latino Americano de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual (CLETS)
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تاریخ انتشار 2012