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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Study confirms smoking, oral sex as HPV risk factors

Smoking and certain sexual behaviors are risk factors for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, a new study has confirmed. However, the researchers also found that the overall infection rate was lower than anticipated.


Read more on DrBicuspid.com


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