Status and attitude towards hepatitis 'B' virus vaccination in staff of lady reading hospital peshawar

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-212

  Ahmed, Hameed ^a   Rauf, Muhammad Abdur ^a   Farooqi, Javed Iqbal ^a   Khan, Nauman ^a   Saad, ^a   Imtiaz, ^a   Ali, Nasir ^a   Aysha, ^a   Aman, ^a   Jan, Kashif ^a   Zubair, ^a   Fazal e Mola, ^a   Nawaz, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Farooq ^a   Masood ur Rehman, ^a  

^a LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Family members; Hepatitis B immunization; Source of vaccination; Staff

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; TEACHER; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL STAFF;

EID: 77956124911     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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