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Acceptance – Short Report

Vaccine confidence is higher in more religious countries

Kimmo Erikssona Center for Cultural Evolution, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;b School for Education, Culture and Communication, Mälardalen University, Västerås, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Irina Vartanovac Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-5781View further author information
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Pages 1-3 | Received 27 Nov 2020, Accepted 21 Jan 2021, Published online: 11 Mar 2021

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