Why were Turks unwilling to accept the A/H1N1 influenza-pandemic vaccination? People's beliefs and perceptions about the swine flu outbreak and vaccine in the later stage of the epidemic

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-333

  Gaygisiz, Ümmügülsüm ^a   Gaygisiz, Esma ^b   Özkan, Türker ^b   Lajunen, Timo ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A H1N1 influenza pandemic; A H1N1 vaccination; Acceptability

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; SWINE INFLUENZA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TURKEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 78649693322     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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