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A Survey of Vaccine Coverage Among Iranian Final-Year Medical Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Parvin Tajik
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Vahid Ziaee
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Anahita Tavoosi
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Nasir Rostambeigy
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hamed Rahbari
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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