Knowledge about cervical cancer and HPV immunization dropout rate among Brazilian adolescent girls and their guardians

• Main Authors: Ana Carolina da Silva Santos (Author), Nayara Nascimento Toledo Silva (Author), Cláudia Martins Carneiro (Author), Wendel Coura-Vital (Author), Angélica Alves Lima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Infections with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) are the main cause of cervical cancer. Since 2014, the HPV vaccine was introduced in the Brazilian National Vaccination Calendar. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of adolescent girls and their mothers/guardians about...