Influenza vaccination acceptance and refusal rates among health care personnel

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 993-998

  Millner, Vaughn S ^a   Eichold II, Bernard H ^b   Franks, Ronald D ^b   Johnson, G David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

H1N1; Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958129501     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181eda3d5     Document Type: Article

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