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Research Paper

Factors associated with vaccine intention in adults living in England who either did not want or had not yet decided to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Louis Goffea NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKCorrespondencelouis.goffe@[email protected]
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Vivi Antonopouloub NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Health Psychology Research Group, Department of Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-4191View further author information
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Carly J Meyerb NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Health Psychology Research Group, Department of Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2268-3055View further author information
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Fiona Grahama NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5828-0955View further author information
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Mei Yee Tanga NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3116-6025View further author information
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Jan Lecouturiera NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5191-5804View further author information
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Aikaterini Grimanic NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-6199View further author information
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Clare Bambraa NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1294-6851View further author information
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Michael P. Kellyd NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Primary Care Unit, East Forvie Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-5841View further author information
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Falko F Sniehottaa NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science – Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;e Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences - University of Twente, Enschede, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1738-4269View further author information
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Pages 5242-5254 | Received 03 Aug 2021, Accepted 30 Oct 2021, Published online: 17 Dec 2021

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