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“I thought cancer was one of those random things. I didn’t know cancer could be caught…”: Adolescent girls’ understandings and experiences of the HPV programme in the UK

BACKGROUND: The UK human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme aims to provide girls aged 12–13 with protection against two of the most carcinogenic strains (types 16 and 18) of this sexually transmitted virus which together account for 70% of cases of cervical cancer. Despite evidence suggesti...

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Autores principales: Hilton, Shona, Smith, Emily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21514348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.03.101