Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in a Saudi hospital

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 4283-4287

  Rehmani, Rifat ^a   Memon, Javed I ^b  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Belief; Health care workers; Influenza; Knowledge; Survey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952745542     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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