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Approaching coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy among healthcare personnel: The importance of cultural competency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2023

Zanthia E. Wiley*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Corresponding author: Zanthia Wiley; Email: zwiley@emory.edu

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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