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Knowledge, attitudes, practice on human papilloma virus and cervical cancer among Trinidadian women

A. ChekuriDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Hope Women’s Hospital, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West IndiesCorrespondence[email protected]
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B. BassawDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Hope Women’s Hospital, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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A. M. AffanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Hope Women’s Hospital, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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G. HabetDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Hope Women’s Hospital, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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K. MungrueDepartment of Public Health, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Pages 691-694 | Published online: 04 Sep 2012

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