Human papillomavirus vaccine risk and reality
2009/12/03 – 10:48 pmMedical Journal Club article for September 9, 2008:
Human papillomavirus vaccine risk and reality | Canadian Medical Association Journal -
“Public health campaigns must address the fact that parents and potential vaccine recipients see remote health concerns as more easy to ignore than those close at hand. Cervical cancer may seem a remote risk for a teenager, but in Canada an estimated 1300 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year and 380 will die.”
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