Attitudes of healthcare workers toward pertussis vaccination

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1325-1328

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Zielen, Stefan ^a   Rose, Markus A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Pertussis; Vaccine uptake rate

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 55849114844     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14760584.7.9.1325     Document Type: Article

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