Greek nursing students' immunization coverage: Data from central continental Greece

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-174

  Noula, Maria ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^b,c   Gesouli, Eftihia ^a   Tsaprounis, Taxiarchis ^a   Deltsidou, Anna ^a  

^a Technological and Educational Institute TEI of Lamia   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine; Hepatitis B vaccine; Immunization; Measles; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING STUDENT; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 48849097456     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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