Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 379-384 , April 2010

Factors Associated With Intention-to-Recommend Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Physicians in Mysore, India

  • Karl Krupp, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Institute, Mysore, India
    • ,
  • Laura A.V. Marlow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Karina Kielmann, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Narayanappa Doddaiah, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • JSS Medical College & Hospital, Mysore, India
    • ,
  • Shekar Mysore, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore, India
    • ,
  • Arthur L. Reingold, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
    • ,
  • Purnima Madhivanan, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Institute, Mysore, India
    • San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Purnima Madhivanan, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., San Francisco Department of Public Health, 1360 Mission Street, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Received 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 6 October 2009.

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 PATH USA had no role in the study design, conduct, collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00380-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.001

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 379-384 , April 2010

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