Knowledge and attitudes about influenza vaccination amongst general practitioners, practice nurses, and people aged 65 and over

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1214, 2005, Pages

  Brunton, Cheryl ^a   Weir, Rob ^a   Jennings, Lance ^b   Litt, John ^c   McGeoch, Graham ^c   Manning, Andrew ^c   Smith, Lyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c National Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunisation Attitudes Study Group

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; TELEPHONE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23844506240     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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