Willingness to accept H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine: A cross-sectional study of Hong Kong community nurses

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Wong, Eliza L Y ^a   Chor, Josette ^a   Kung, Kenny ^b   Chan, Paul K S ^c   Wong, Carmen ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77958524220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-316     Document Type: Article

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