Medical students' awareness of and compliance with the hepatitis B vaccine in a tertiary care academic hospital: An epidemiological study

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 60-65

  Ghomraoui, Firas A ^a   Alfaqeeh, Faisal A ^a   Algadheeb, Abdulrahman S ^a   Al alsheikh, Abdullah S ^a   Al Hamoudi, Waleed K ^a   Alswat, Khalid A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Hepatitis; Public health policy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; UTILIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84953637335     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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