Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers and absenteeism from work due to influenza-like illness in a teaching hospital in Palermo

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Anastasi, Giovanna ^a   di Pasquale, Maria ^a   Gelsomino, Viviana ^a   Morici, Mariagrazia ^a   Romano, Nino ^a   Torregrossa, Maria Valeria ^a,b   Cannova, Lucia ^a,b   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^a   Firenze, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649251488     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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