Factors affecting nurses' decision to get the flu vaccine

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Shahrabani, Shosh ^a   Benzion, Uri ^a,b   Yom Din, Gregory ^c,d  

^a THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d OHALO COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

C13; I10; I18; JEL Classification: I11

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 63449104963     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-008-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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