High coverage of influenza vaccination among healthcare workers can be achieved during heightened awareness of impending threat

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 384-387

  Yang, Kok Soong ^a   Fong, Yuke Tien ^a   Koh, David ^b   Lim, Meng Kin ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Avian; Flu; Pandemic; Season

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NURSE; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WINTER;

EID: 34547820251     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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