Influenza vaccination coverage and predictors for vaccination among Spanish healthcare workers

Human Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-36

  Jimenez Garcia, Rodrigo ^a,b   Carrasco Garrido, Pilar ^a   Hernandez Barrera, Valentin ^a   De Miguel, Angel Gil ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coverage; Epidemiology; Healthcare workers; Influenza; Predictors; Survey; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN;

EID: 33847016902     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.3.1.3750     Document Type: Article

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