Factors that influenced rates of influenza vaccination among employees of Wisconsin acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2005-2006 influenza season

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1398-1400

  Borlaug, Gwen ^a,d   Newman, Alexandra ^a,c   Pfister, John ^b   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 38449109581     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523866     Document Type: Article

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