Assessment of individual vaccine status in a vaccinology experts' group

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-614

  Duclos, Antoine ^a,b   Bouhour, Damien ^a,c   Baptiste, Charles ^a,d   Launay, Odile ^a,e   Guiso, Nicole ^a,f  

^a Avancées Vaccinales Experts' Group   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c Service Maladies Infectieuses Centre Hospitalier Fleyriat   (France)

^d SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Health personnel; Influenza vaccines; Medical audit; Professional practice; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 64549094237     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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