Status of Hepatitis B vaccination among surgeons practicing in Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 107-112

  Bekele, Abebe ^a   Tadesse, Amezen ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HBV vaccination; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGEONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928474732     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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