Hepatitis B virus vaccination coverage in medical, nursing, and paramedical students: A cross-sectional, multi-centered study in Greece

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Papagiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Tsimtsiou, Zoi ^b   Chatzichristodoulou, Ioanna ^c   Adamopoulou, Maria ^d   Kallistratos, Ilias ^e   Pournaras, Spyros ^c   Arvanitidou, Malamatenia ^b   Rachiotis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^e ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Hepatitis B; Students; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS; IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDENT; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEAR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STUDENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

GREECE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84961244920     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030323     Document Type: Article

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