Attitudes and Practices Regarding Influenza Vaccination Among Emergency Department Personnel

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Fernandez, William G ^a,b   Oyama, Leslie ^a   Mitchell, Patricia ^a   Edwards, Erika M ^b   St George, Jill ^a   Donovan, Jacqueline ^a   Feldman, James A ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; health care worker; influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 59649097071     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.07.070     Document Type: Article

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