High quality evidence from vaccine field studies is needed to recommend influenza vaccination of hospital staff in the acute care setting

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 6741-6742

  Duclos, Antoine ^a,b   Voirin, Nicolas ^c,d  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION;

EID: 56649112847     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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