Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in a multidisciplinary University hospital in Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Bosis, Samantha ^a   Pelucchi, Claudio ^b   Tremolati, Elena ^a   Sabatini, Caterina ^a   Semino, Margherita ^a   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Della Croce, Francesco ^c   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849108084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-422     Document Type: Article

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