Influenza immunization of Dutch general practitioners: Vaccination rate and attitudes towards vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 5918-5921

  Opstelten, Wim ^a   van Essen, Gerrit A ^b   Ballieux, Mireille J P ^a   Goudswaard, Alexander N ^a  

^a DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance; General practitioner; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 55049130406     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.08.049     Document Type: Article

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