Influenza work on the regional level in Sweden: An integrated program for vaccination of risk groups, surveillance and pandemic planning which focuses on the role of the health care worker

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 44-46, 2006, Pages 6712-6716

  Stenqvist, Karin ^a,b   Hellvin, Mari Anne Andersson ^a   Hellke, Per ^a   Höglund, Dag ^a   von Sydow, Helen ^a  

^a Smittskyddsenheten ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccination; Pandemic plan; Vaccination program

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; SWEDEN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SWEDEN; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846388233     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.098     Document Type: Article

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