Beliefs on mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers in nursing homes: A questionnaire study from the Netherlands

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2253-2256

  Looijmans Van Den Akker, Ingrid ^a   Marsaoui, Badyr ^a   Hak, Eelko ^a,b   Van Delden, Johannes J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 71549121363     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02560.x     Document Type: Article

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