Vaccination policies for health-care workers in acute health-care facilities in Europe.

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Published in Vaccine on September 29, 2011

Authors

Helena C Maltezou1, Sabine Wicker, Michael Borg, Ulrich Heininger, Vincenzo Puro, Maria Theodoridou, Gregory A Poland

Author Affiliations

1: Department for Interventions in Health Care Facilities, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 3-5 Agrafon Street, Athens 15123, Greece. helen-maltezou@ath.forthnet.gr

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