Hepatitis B vaccine knowledge and vaccination status among health care workers of Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abeje, Gedefaw ^a   Azage, Muluken ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bahir dar city administration; Health care workers; Hepatitis B vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84923870798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0756-8     Document Type: Article

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