Attitudes and knowledge regarding influenza vaccination among hospital health workers caring for women and children

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5283-5289

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Tremolati, Elena ^a   Bellasio, Marta ^a   Chiarelli, Gabriella ^a   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Tiso, Basilio ^a   Mosca, Fabio ^a   Pardi, Giorgio ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Influenza; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34347264089     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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