Vaccination against hepatitis B virus in workers of a general hospital in Athens

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-86

  Rachiotis, G ^a   Goritsas, Constantin ^a,c   Alikakou, V ^a   Ferti, A ^a   Roumeliotou, Anastasia ^b  

^a Sotiria University Hospital   (Greece)

^b National School Public Health   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

HBV infection; Health care workers; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33644670000     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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