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Selection and Use of Vaccines for Healthcare Workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber ,
William A. Rutala  and
Kristen Weigle
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Adult and Pediatric Infectious Disease Divisions, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Kristen Weigle
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
547 Burnett-Womack Bldg, CB #7030, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chappel Hill, NC 27599-7030
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 10 , October 1997 , pp. 682 - 687
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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