Healthcare workers and immunity to infectious diseases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-371

  Vagholkar, Sanjyot ^a,c   Ng, Jude ^a   Chan, Raymond C ^b   Bunker, Jeremy M ^a   Zwar, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c Fairfield Hospital Prairiewood   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health personnel; Hepatitis B; Immunity; Measles; Vaccination; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICKENPOX; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

EID: 50449090952     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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