Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers: Ten-year experience of a large healthcare organization

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Cristina Ajenjo, M ^a,c   Woeltje, Keith F ^a   Babcock, Hilary M ^a   Gemeinhart, Nancy ^b   Jones, Marilyn ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MISSOURI; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77249092517     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650449     Document Type: Article

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