Attitudes towards influenza vaccination of multi-nationality health-care workers in Saudi Arabia

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 5538-5541

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Antony, Amalraj ^a   Abed, Mahmoud S ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hospital; Influenza; Risk factors; Saudi Arabia; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 68549094195     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.108     Document Type: Article

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