Point: Mandatory influenza vaccination for all heath care workers? Seven reasons to say "no"

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1141-1143

  Finch, Mark ^a,b  

^a Brown and Toland Medical Group   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

CALIFORNIA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 33645765767     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501466     Document Type: Short Survey

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