Influenza vaccination in health-care workers: An effective method to reduce the consequences of influenza in health care users;Influenzavaccinatie van gezondheidswerkers: Effectieve methode om de gevolgen van influenza bij zorggebruikers te verminderen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 39, 2007, Pages 2143-2146

  De Jong, J C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 34948885577     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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