PAS: Moms May Be Waiting Too Long for Daughters' HPV Vaccination

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 05/05/2008 - 14:45

HONOLULU -- Mothers were less willing to vaccinate their daughters against the human papillomavirus (HPV) during the optimal preteen years than at older ages, researchers found.


 

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