Paediatricians knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding immunizations for infants in Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anastasi, Daniela ^a   Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^a   Marinelli, Paolo ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 75149116593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-463     Document Type: Article

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