Influenza vaccination of future healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study of uptake, knowledge and attitudes

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 4668-4672

  Blank, Debra L ^a   Bodansky, David M S ^a   Forbes, Anna ^a   Garde, Emma ^a   Story, Fleur ^a   Roalfe, Andrea K ^a   Tait, Lynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Public health

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953121092     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.066     Document Type: Article

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