Vaccination coverage and susceptibility against vaccine-preventable diseases of healthcare students in Athens, Greece

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 5083-5086

  Karageorgou, Katerina ^a   Katerelos, Panos ^a   Efstathiou, Andreas ^b   Theodoridou, Maria ^c   Maltezou, Helena C ^a  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b National Health Operations Centre   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coverage; Healthcare students; Susceptibility; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUMPS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERTUSSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TETANUS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906096613     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.031     Document Type: Article

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