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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 40, 2008 - Issue 3
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Strategies to increase influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers in Greece

Helen C. Maltezou From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Antonios Maragos From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Vasilios Raftopoulos From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Katerina Karageorgou From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Theopisti Halharapi From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Helen Remoudaki From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Theodoros Papadimitriou From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Ioannis N. Pierroutsakos From the Office for Nosocomial Infections, Microbe Resistance, Athens, Greece; Rational Use of Antibiotics, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Pages 266-268 | Received 31 May 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Helena C. Maltezou. (2010) Novel (pandemic) influenza A H1N1 in healthcare facilities: Implications for prevention and control. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 42:6-7, pages 412-420.
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