Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers. Why are some vaccinated whereas others are not?;Vacunación de gripe en trabajadores sanitarios. Por qué se vacunan y por qué no se vacunan

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 413-417

  Galicia García, Ma Dolores ^a   González Torga, Antonio ^a   García González, Concepción ^a   Fuster Pérez, Marina ^a   Garrigós Gordo, Isabel ^a   López Fresneña, Nieves ^a   Gracia Rodríguez, Rebeca Ma ^a   Sánchez Payá, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

EID: 33749380937     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091777     Document Type: Article

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