Knowledge, attitude and behaviours towards recommended vaccinations among healthcare workers

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Scalingi, Stefania ^a   Garruto, Veronica ^a   Siclari, Marco ^a   Chiarini, Massimiliano ^a   Mannocci, Alice ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviours; Healthcare workers; Knowledge; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041994485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare5010013     Document Type: Article

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