Attitudes of nurses toward current and proposed vaccines for public programs: A questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1219-1235

  Gilca, Vladimir ^a,b   Boulianne, Nicole ^a,b   Dubé, Eve ^a,b   Sauvageau, Chantal ^a,b   Ouakki, Manale ^a  

^a Quebec Public Health Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beliefs and attitudes; Immunization schedules; Registered nurses; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINES;

EID: 67650733061     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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