Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers in Italy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 789-791

  Stroffolini, Tommaso ^a   Petrosillo, Nicola ^b   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^b   Lopalco, Antonella ^b   Sagliocca, Luciano ^b   Adamo, Brunella ^b   Iannotti, Maria Pia ^b   Simonetti, Andrea ^b   Bitti, Pietro Ricci ^b   Marzolini, Antonella ^b   Forastiere, Francesco ^b   Mele, Alfonso ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032178001     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141428     Document Type: Article

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