Influenza vaccination among New Zealand healthcare workers: Low rates are concerning

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1233, 2006, Pages

  Jennings, Lance C ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; AWARENESS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646541640     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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