Patterns of influenza vaccination among medical students

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-88

  Milunic, Stacey L ^a   Quilty, James F ^b   Super, Dennis M ^b   Noritz, Garey H ^b  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OHIO; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 72449202293     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649219     Document Type: Article

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