Influenza: Acceptance of vaccination for healthcare workers data for the winter season 2006/2007;Influenza: Akzeptanz der schutzimpfung bei medizinischem personal - Auswertung zur influenzasaison 2006/2007

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 132, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 1683-1687

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Doerr, H W ^a   Gottschalk, R ^b   Rabenau, H F ^a   Allwinn, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Stadtgesundheitsamt Frankfurt am Main ^*

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Influenza vaccination; Vaccination rates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WINTER; ADULT; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 34548184503     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984949     Document Type: Article

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