Hesitancy toward the Full COVID-19 Vaccination among Kidney, Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients in Italy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Costantino, A.; Morlacchi, L.; Donato, M.F.; Gramegna, A.; Farina, E.; Dibenedetto, C.; Campise, M.; Redaelli, M.; Perego, M.; Alfieri, C.; et al. Hesitancy toward the Full COVID-19 Vaccination among Kidney, Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients in Italy. Vaccines 2022, 10, 1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111899
Costantino A, Morlacchi L, Donato MF, Gramegna A, Farina E, Dibenedetto C, Campise M, Redaelli M, Perego M, Alfieri C, et al. Hesitancy toward the Full COVID-19 Vaccination among Kidney, Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients in Italy. Vaccines. 2022; 10(11):1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111899
Chicago/Turabian StyleCostantino, Andrea, Letizia Morlacchi, Maria Francesca Donato, Andrea Gramegna, Elisa Farina, Clara Dibenedetto, Mariarosaria Campise, Matteo Redaelli, Marta Perego, Carlo Alfieri, and et al. 2022. "Hesitancy toward the Full COVID-19 Vaccination among Kidney, Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients in Italy" Vaccines 10, no. 11: 1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111899
APA StyleCostantino, A., Morlacchi, L., Donato, M. F., Gramegna, A., Farina, E., Dibenedetto, C., Campise, M., Redaelli, M., Perego, M., Alfieri, C., Blasi, F., Lampertico, P., & Favi, E. (2022). Hesitancy toward the Full COVID-19 Vaccination among Kidney, Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients in Italy. Vaccines, 10(11), 1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111899