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Vaccination coverage and attitudes toward vaccines among people experiencing homelessness: Pilot study findings from Warsaw, Poland

Paulina Szot
1
,
Zuzanna Matuszewska
1
,
Zuzanna Waszak
1
,
Mikołaj Staszewski
1
,
Katarzyna Lewtak
2

  1. Students’ Scientific Circle of Hygiene and Prevention, Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(3): 332–338
Online publish date: 2024/09/30
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