## Abstract The incidence rate of invasive cervical carcinoma (ICC) is 4βfold higher in Ho Chi Minh City, in the South of Vietnam, than in Hanoi, in the North. Thus, we explored the prevalence of and the risk factors for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in these 2 areas. A populationβbased rand
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among young women in North India
β Scribed by Palika Datta; Neerja Bhatla; Lalit Dar; A. Rajkumar Patro; Arti Gulati; Alka Kriplani; Neeta Singh
- Book ID
- 108078806
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1877-7821
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