Arguments for mandatory influenza vaccination;Argumente für eine verpflichtende influenzaimpfung

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 134, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 1650-1652

  Wicker, S ^a   Rabenau, H F ^a   Marckmann, G ^b   Strater B ^c   Pollandt, A ^c   Gottschalk, R ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Anwaltskanzlei Strater   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza; Mandatory vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ARTICLE; ETHICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; STANDARD; VACCINATION;

GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 68149180058     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1233996     Document Type: Note

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