Vaccination management and vaccination errors: A representative online-survey among primary care physicians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Weltermann, Birgitta M ^a   Markic, Marta ^a   Thielmann, Anika ^a   Gesenhues, Stefan ^a   Hermann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84905984344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105119     Document Type: Article

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