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Many Moms Unwilling to Have Younger Daughters Get HPV Vaccine Despite Government Guidelines

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Posted: Sun., May 4, 2008, 08:25 am

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Topics: Cancer, cervical cancer, Daughters, HPV Vaccine, human papillomavirus, mothers, Prevention, sexually transmitted disease, Teenaged Girls, Treatments - Traditional, EmpowHer News

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

SUNDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that only half of American mothers intend to have their teenaged daughters vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) if the girls are under the age of 13, despite government guidelines that suggest the opposite.

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