Low acceptability of A/H1N1 pandemic vaccination in french adult population: Did public health policy fuel public dissonance?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Schwarzinger, Michaël ^a,b,c   Flicoteaux, Rémi ^c,d   Cortarenoda, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Obadia, Yolande ^a,b,c   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLICY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 77954706758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010199     Document Type: Article

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