Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 453-462 , November 2009

Knowledge and Early Adoption of the HPV Vaccine Among Girls and Young Women: Results of a National Survey

  • Rachel Caskey, M.D., M.A.P.P.

      Affiliations

    • Sections of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, Chicago, Illinois
    • University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Rachel N. Caskey, M.D., M.A.P.P., The University of Illinois Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, MC 856, Chicago, IL 60612.
    • ,
  • Stacy Tessler Lindau, M.D., M.A.P.P.

      Affiliations

    • MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine and Cancer Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois
    • Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Received 12 February 2009 ,Accepted 30 April 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00184-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.021

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 453-462 , November 2009

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