Associated factors for recommending HBV vaccination to children among Georgian health care workers

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Butsashvili, Maia ^a   Kamkamidze, George ^b   Topuridze, Marina ^a   Morse, Dale ^c   Triner, Wayne ^d   DeHovitz, Jack ^e   Nelson, Kenrad ^f   McNutt, Louise Anne ^g  

^a National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC)   (Georgia)

^b Maternal and Child Care Union   (Georgia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Care Worker; Hepatitis B; Newborns; Safety; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872394479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-362     Document Type: Article

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