Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 157-161 , April 2010

Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among young women in North India

  • Palika Datta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Neerja Bhatla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 11 26594991; fax: +91 11 26588663.
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  • Lalit Dar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • A. Rajkumar Patro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Arti Gulati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Alka Kriplani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Neeta Singh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India

,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.016

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 157-161 , April 2010

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