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Exploring factors that influence vaccination uptake for Ukrainian child migrants and war refugees in Poland: preliminary results from the “Say YES to Vaccination” study

Katarzyna Lewtak
1
,
Anna Dzielska
2
,
Anna Poznańska
3
,
Ewa Urban
1
,
Małgorzata Gajewska
1
,
Maria Piotrowicz
1
,
Dorota Kleszczewska
4

  1. Department of Health Promotion and Prevention of Chronic Diseases, National Institute of Public Health NIH – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Population Health Monitoring and Analysis, National Institute of Public Health NIH – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Institute of Mother and Child Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(3): 314–324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.142555
Online publish date: 2024/09/30
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