Mandatory vaccination of health care workers: Whose rights should come first?

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Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Field, Robert I ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 73849131955     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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