Increasing hepatitis B vaccination coverage among healthcare workers in Italy 10 years apart

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-277

  Stroffolini, T ^a,b   Coppola, R ^c   Carvelli, C ^d   D'Angelo, T ^e   De Masi, S ^f   Maffei, C ^f   Marzolini, F ^a   Ragni, P ^g   Cotichini, R ^a   Zotti, C ^h   Mele, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f Health District   (Italy)

^g Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBV; HCWs; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; VACCINATION;

EID: 39749096521     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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