Vaccination hesitancy among adults in the United Arab Emirates: A vaccine attitudes examination scale study.
Background: Vaccine hesitancy has been on the rise leading to a resurgence of multiple vaccine-preventable diseases. Results on vaccine hesitancy are scarce, both globally and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aims to explore the level of vaccine hesitancy and its determinants in the UAE...
| Publicado en: | Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655) Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas S.L.
Oct-Dec2024
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