Influenza vaccination; Rates, knowledge and the attitudes of physicians in a university hospital;Bir Üniversite hastanesinde çalışan hekimlerin i̇nfluenza aşısı olma oranları ve ası hakkındaki bilgi ve tutumları

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-53

  Dönmez, Levent ^a   Huseyin Polat H ^a   Nevzat Yalcin A ^a   Öncel, Selma ^a   Turhan, Özge ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health knowledge; Hospital; Influenza vaccines; Medical staff; Practice; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 77952805813     PISSN: 13000292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5336/medsci.2008-8117     Document Type: Article

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