Low vaccination coverage among Italian healthcare workers in 2013: Contributing to the voluntary vs. mandatory vaccination debate

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-139

  Fortunato, Francesca ^a   Tafuri, Silvio ^b   Cozza, Vanessa ^a,c   Martinelli, Domenico ^a   Prato, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949120823     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.34415     Document Type: Article

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