Immune status and risk perception of acquisition of vaccine preventable diseases among health care workers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 858-860

  Dinelli, Maria Isabel Saraiva ^a   Moreira, Thais das Neves Fraga ^a   Paulino, Érica Regina Cruz ^a   da Rocha, Maria Carolina Pereira ^a   Graciani, Flávia Bracale ^a   de Moraes Pinto, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 71249106154     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.04.283     Document Type: Article

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