Acceptance of hepatitis B vaccination among health care workers in Western Greece

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-111

  Karaivazoglou, Katerina ^a   Triantos, Christos ^c   Lagadinou, Maria ^c   Bikas, Christos ^a   Michailidou, Maria ^c   Kalafateli, Maria ^c   Thomopoulos, Konstantinos ^c   Assimakopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Nikolopoulou, Vasiliki ^c   Jelastopulu, Eleni ^b   Labropoulou Karatza, Chryssoula ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry General District Hospital of Pirgos   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus; Occupational diseases; Public health; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891714708     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2012.750586     Document Type: Article

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