Major motives in non-acceptance of A/H1N1 flu vaccination: The weight of rational assessment

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1173-1179

  Velan, Baruch ^a,b   Kaplan, Giora ^a   Ziv, Arnona ^a   Boyko, Valentina ^a   Lerner Geva, Liat ^a,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

A H1N1influenza; Assessment; Vaccine acceptance

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751575394     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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