International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 476-482 , July 2009

Influenza vaccination uptake among students and clinical staff of a university in Iran

  • Mehrdad Askarian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 71345-1737, Shiraz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 917 1125777; fax: +98 711 2354431.
    • ,
  • Zahra Khazaeipour

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
    • ,
  • Mary-Louise McLaws

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infection Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Received 29 January 2008 ,Revised 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 11 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.013

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 476-482 , July 2009

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