Influenza vaccination in paediatric nurses: Cross-sectional study of coverage, refusal, and factors in acceptance

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2942-2948

  Norton, Seamus P ^a   Scheifele, David W ^a   Bettinger, Julie A ^a   West, Robert M ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Nurses; Paediatric; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

FLUVIRAL; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILL; COUGHING; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SKIN SWELLING; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; SEASONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 43649090724     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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