Healthcare workers as parents: Attitudes toward vaccinating their children against pandemic influenza A/H1N1

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Torun, Sebahat D ^a   Torun, Fuat ^b   Catak, Binali ^c  

^a Assistt Rehberlik Ve Müsteri Hizmetleri A S   (Turkey)

^b UMRANIYE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Karabük Public Health Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957580461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-596     Document Type: Article

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