Relationship of influenza vaccination declination statements and influenza vaccination rates for healthcare workers in 22 US hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 675-677

  Polgreen, Philip M ^a,b   Septimus, Edward J ^c   Parry, Michael F ^d   Beekmann, Susan E ^a   Cavanaugh, Joseph E ^b   Srinivasan, Arjun ^e   Talbot, Thomas R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 47549091546     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588590     Document Type: Article

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