Influenza vaccination in German health care workers: Effects and findings after two rounds of a nationwide awareness campaign

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 47-48, 2006, Pages 7003-7008

  Leitmeyer, Katrin ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a   Kramer, Michael ^b   Schenkel, Karl ^a   Stahlhut, Heike ^c   Köllstadt, Michael ^c   Haas, Walter ^a   Meyer, Christiane ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Federal Ministry of Health   (Germany)

^c Deutsches Grünes Kreuz für Gesundheit E V DGK   (Germany)

Author keywords

German hospitals; Health care workers; Influenza vaccination; Vaccination campaign; Vaccination rates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846216035     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.040     Document Type: Article

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