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Original Articles

The double-edged impacts of COVID-19 epidemic on influenza vaccination uptake in nurses in Hong Kong

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Pages 794-803 | Received 11 Mar 2022, Accepted 21 Jun 2022, Published online: 04 Jul 2022

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