Rate of influenza vaccination and its adverse reaction seen in health care personnel in a single tertiary hospital in Korea

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 457-460

  Lee, Chang Seop ^a,b   Lee, Kang Hyu ^a   Jung, Min Hee ^a   Lee, Heung Bum ^a,b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CHILL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; KOREA; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MYALGIA; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SORE THROAT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPIST; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KOREA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 58149396912     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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