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Assessing COVID-19 vaccine literacy: a preliminary online survey

Luigi Roberto Biasioa Giovanni Lorenzini Foundation, Milan, Italy;b Contract Lecturer in Vaccinology, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-0411

Guglielmo Bonaccorsic Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, FlorenceItaly

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-4308

Chiara Lorinic Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, FlorenceItaly

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-1857

Sergio Pecorellia Giovanni Lorenzini Foundation, Milan, Italy

Pages 1304-1312 | Received 05 Jul 2020, Accepted 21 Sep 2020, Published online: 29 Oct 2020

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