Intervention to increase influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in a tertiary teaching hospital in Brazil

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-286

  Lopes, Marta H ^a   Sartori, Ana M C ^a   Mascheretti, Melissa ^a   Chaves, Tania S S ^a   Andreoli, Rosa M M ^a   Basso, Mariusa ^a   Barone, Antonio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 39449121095     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528700     Document Type: Letter

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