Knowledge, attitudes and vaccination coverage of healthcare workers regarding occupational vaccinations

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 4240-4243

  Loulergue, P ^a   Moulin, F ^b   Vidal Trecan, G ^b   Absi, Z ^a   Demontpion, C ^a   Menager, C ^b   Gorodetsky, M ^b   Gendrel, D ^b   Guillevin, L ^a   Launay, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Service de Pédiatrie Générale ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Healthcare workers; Occupational; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349259588     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.039     Document Type: Article

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