Strategies to increase influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers in Greece

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-268

  Maltezou, Helen ^a,b   Maragos, Antonios ^a,b   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a,b   Karageorgou, Katerina ^a,b   Halharapi, Theopisti ^a,b   Remoudaki, Helen ^a,b   Papadimitriou, Theodoros ^a,b   Pierroutsakos, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a Bureau for Nosocomial Infections   (Greece)

^b Rational Use of Antibiotics   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

EDUCATION; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 39349117080     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701642658     Document Type: Article

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