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Cancer Vaccines
Data on cancer vaccines published by researchers at University of North Carolina
February 4th, 2009
"Because cervical cancer mortality in the United States is twice as high among black women as white women and higher in rural areas, providing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to rural black adolescents is a high priority. To identify racial differences in knowledge and attitudes about HPV, cervical cancer, and the HPV vaccine that may influence uptake of the vaccine," scientists in the United States report. "We interviewed women (91 black and 47 white) living in a rural area of the Southern United States in 2006. Analyses controlled for socioeconomic status, age, and recruitment location. More white respondents had heard of HPV than had black respondents (57% vs 24%,...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-04)
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