Predictors of adherence to influenza vaccination for healthcare workers from a teaching hospital: A study in the prepandemic era;Preditores de adesão à vacinação contra influenza em profissionais de um hospital de ensino: Um estudo na era pré-pandêmica

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-614

  de Souza Cavalcante, Ricardo ^a   Jorge, Aline Maia Zambonatto ^a   Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651071646     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822010000600001     Document Type: Article

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