Survey of healthcare workers' attitudes, beliefs and willingness to receive the 2009 pandemic influenza a (H1N1) vaccine and the impact of educational campaigns

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-312

  Thoon, Koh Cheng ^a   Chong, Chia Yin ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Education; Health knowledge; Practices; Vaccination rates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PANDEMIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION;

EID: 77952387663     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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