Influenza and hepatitis B vaccination coverage among healthcare workers in Croatian hospitals: A series of cross-sectional surveys, 2006-2011

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Civljak, Rok ^a,b   Papic, Neven ^a   Stamenic, Valerija ^c   Kalenic, Smilja ^b   Kuzman, Ilija ^a,b   Car, Josip ^d  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Ministry of Science   (Croatia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hepatitis B; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NURSE; OCCUPATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VACCINATION; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84887365016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-520     Document Type: Article

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