Positive attitudes of French general practitioners towards A/H1N1 influenza-pandemic vaccination: A missed opportunity to increase vaccination uptakes in the general public?

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2743-2748

  Schwarzinger, Michaël ^a,b,c   Verger, Pierre ^a,b,c   Guerville, Marc André ^d   Aubry, Catherine ^e   Rolland, Sophie ^a,b,c   Obadia, Yolande ^a,b,c   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d URML PACA   (France)

^e URML Bourgogne Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux de Bourgogne ^*  (France)

Author keywords

General practice; Healthcare workers; Influenza; Pandemic vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERVIEW; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; VACCINATION;

EID: 77949264863     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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