Abstract
To examine how physicians at different training levels accepted the hepatitis B vaccine (Heptavax), we mailed questionnaires to all medical students, residents, and faculty at our university medical center. Eighty-one per cent responded; 57 per cent of those had been vaccinated. Attitudes of vaccine safety and efficacy and the perception of increased risk of getting hepatitis B were associated with having been vaccinated. The associations were strongest for the faculty and weak or negative for the medical students.
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