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Approaching coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy among healthcare personnel: The importance of cultural competency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2023

Zanthia E. Wiley Open the ORCID record for Zanthia E. Wiley [Opens in a new window]  and
David J. Weber
Zanthia E. Wiley*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Corresponding author: Zanthia Wiley; Email: zwiley@emory.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 9 , September 2023 , pp. 1371 - 1372
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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