Influenza vaccination amongst hospital health care workers in Beijing

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-339

  Seale, H ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Yang, P ^b   Dwyer, D E ^c   Wang, X ^b   Zhang, Y ^b   MacIntyre, C R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health care worker; Immunization; Influenza

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955014837     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq037     Document Type: Article

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