Sustained low influenza vaccination rates in US healthcare workers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 210-212

  Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Davila, Evelyn P ^a   LeBlanc, William G ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   McCollister, Kathryn E ^a   Christ, Sharon L ^b   Clarke, Tainya ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Flu; Healthcare Workers; Occupation; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649341614     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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