Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in the United States, 1989-2002

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-265

  Walker, Frances J ^a,b   Singleton, James A ^a   Lu, Pengjun ^a   Wooten, Karen G ^a   Strikas, Raymond A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33645560281     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501538     Document Type: Review

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