The future of immunization policies in Italy and in the European Union: The Declaration of Erice

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1268-1271

  Odone, Anna ^a   Fara, Gaetano M ^b   Giammaco, Giuseppe ^c   Blangiardi, Francesco ^d   Signorelli, Carlo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit of Ragusa   (Italy)

^e Italian Society of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Declaration; Europe; Immunization polices; Italy; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccine schedules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; ITALY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKSHOP; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; ITALY;

EID: 84942287303     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1019980     Document Type: Article

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