Compliance with hepatitis B virus vaccine: A matter of force?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 465-466

  Trevisan, Andrea ^a   Borella Venturini, Matteo ^a   Di Marco, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846065132     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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