Vaccination against influenza and attitudes towards seasonal vaccination of medical students from the Medical University of Silesia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2023-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1732-2693
Language: English
Page range: 133 - 142
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 21, 2023
Published on: Nov 24, 2023
Published by: Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
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