Influenza vaccine coverage for healthcare workers in geriatric settings in France

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 512-516

  Rothan Tondeur, Monique ^a   de Wazieres, Benoit ^b   Lejeune, Benoist ^c   Gavazzi, Gaëtan ^d,e  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geriatric settings; Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33847641456     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324852     Document Type: Article

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