Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers towards seasonal influenza and vaccination

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Seale, Holly ^a   Leask, Julie ^b   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Hospital; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 71849118031     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2009.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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