Influenza vaccination compliance among health care workers in a german university hospital

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-202

  Wicker, S ^a   Rabenau, H F ^a   Doerr, H W ^a   Allwinn, R ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 67650239805     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-8200-2     Document Type: Article

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