Does the COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Change According to the Education and Income: A Study on Vaccination Rates in Cities of Turkey between 2021-September and 2022-February
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Cengiz, B.; Sayılır, M.Ü.; Zengin, N.Y.; Küçük, Ö.N.; Soylu, A.R. Does the COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Change According to the Education and Income: A Study on Vaccination Rates in Cities of Turkey between 2021-September and 2022-February. Vaccines 2022, 10, 1933. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111933
Cengiz B, Sayılır MÜ, Zengin NY, Küçük ÖN, Soylu AR. Does the COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Change According to the Education and Income: A Study on Vaccination Rates in Cities of Turkey between 2021-September and 2022-February. Vaccines. 2022; 10(11):1933. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111933
Chicago/Turabian StyleCengiz, Beyza, Mustafa Ünal Sayılır, Nur Yıldız Zengin, Öykü Nehir Küçük, and Abdullah Ruhi Soylu. 2022. "Does the COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Change According to the Education and Income: A Study on Vaccination Rates in Cities of Turkey between 2021-September and 2022-February" Vaccines 10, no. 11: 1933. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111933
APA StyleCengiz, B., Sayılır, M. Ü., Zengin, N. Y., Küçük, Ö. N., & Soylu, A. R. (2022). Does the COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Change According to the Education and Income: A Study on Vaccination Rates in Cities of Turkey between 2021-September and 2022-February. Vaccines, 10(11), 1933. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111933