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Hepatitis B virus vaccination compliance among health care workers in intensive care unit: necessity to improve protection of attending physicians

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Panhotra, B.R., Saxena, A.K. & Al-Mulhim, A.S. Hepatitis B virus vaccination compliance among health care workers in intensive care unit: necessity to improve protection of attending physicians. Intensive Care Med 31, 1596 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2789-8

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