Italian healthcare workers' views on mandatory vaccination

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tafuri, Silvio S T ^a   Martinelli, Domenico D M ^b   Caputi, Giovanni G C ^a   Arbore, Annamaria A A ^a   Germinario, Cinzia C G ^a   Prato, Rosa R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 67651154440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-100     Document Type: Article

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