Mandatory influenza immunisation of health-care workers

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-5

  Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a   Kerridge, Ian ^b   Cheung, Paul ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 72149116736     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70334-2     Document Type: Letter

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