Which health care workers were most affected during the spring 2009 H1N1 pandemic?

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Santos, Cynthia D ^a   Bristow, Robert B ^a   Vorenkamp, Jaclyn V ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Absentee rate; H1N1; Healthcare worker; Infection rate; Influenza A

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 77951635627     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S193578930000241X     Document Type: Article

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