Physician vaccinate thyself: Why influenza vaccination rates are higher among clinicians than among nonclinicians

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-296

  Capolongo, Mary Jane ^a   DiBonaventura, Marco DaCosta ^a   Chapman, Gretchen B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33744724349     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3103_11     Document Type: Article

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