Vaccinations among medical and nursing students: Coverage and opportunities

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 4855-4859

  Loulergue, Pierre ^a,b,c   Launay, Odile ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c université Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Coverage; Healthcare students; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHICKENPOX; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIPHTHERIA; FATALITY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906062924     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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