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Hotly-debated moral and political concerns regarding HPV are assessed in a new study.
A new study reveals that individuals who favor authority and other traditional values and who are likely to see the human-papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as condoning premarital sex, perceive the vaccine as risky. But individuals, who strongly support gender equality and government involvement in basic health care, are more likely to see the vaccine as low risk and high benefit. The Center for Disease Control recommended routine vaccination of girls ages 11 or 12 in October of 2009.
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