Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude on HPV, HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer among the College Students in India

Infection of specific high risk Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is known to cause cervical cancer and two prophylactic vaccines have been developed against two major high risk HPV types 16 and 18 for prevention of cervical cancer. Because of societal, religious and ethical issues associated with the v...

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Adolescent
Adult
Analysis
Awareness
Biology
Biology and life sciences
Cancer
Cancer vaccines
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Ethical aspects
Ethics
Female
Girls
Health aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health risks
Human papillomavirus
Humans
Immunization
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India - epidemiology
Male
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Odds Ratio
Papillomaviridae
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Papillomavirus Infections - complications
Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology
Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control
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People and Places
Prevention
Religion
Risk Factors
Social aspects
Students
Surveys
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Teenage girls
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - etiology
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subjects Adolescent
Adult
Analysis
Awareness
Biology
Biology and life sciences
Cancer
Cancer vaccines
Cervical cancer
Cervix
College students
Colleges & universities
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Female
Girls
Health aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health risks
Human papillomavirus
Humans
Immunization
Immunotherapy
India - epidemiology
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Odds Ratio
Papillomaviridae
Papillomavirus infections
Papillomavirus Infections - complications
Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology
Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control
Papillomavirus Infections - virology
Papillomavirus Vaccines - immunology
People and Places
Prevention
Religion
Risk Factors
Social aspects
Students
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenage girls
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - etiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control
Vaccination
Vaccines
Womens health
Young Adult
title Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude on HPV, HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer among the College Students in India
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