Unvaccinated health care workers must wear masks during flu season-A possibility to improve influenza vaccination rates?

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2631-2632

  Wicker, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Influenza vaccination; Masks

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASKS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 64849096637     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.013     Document Type: Letter

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