Factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 474-479

  O'Reilly, Frank W ^a   Cran, G W ^b   Stevens, A B ^c  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Attitude; Health care sector; Health personnel; Immunization; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Sick leave; Workplace

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; IRELAND; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARALLEL DESIGN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 24944447976     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi099     Document Type: Article

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