Vaccination against the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among healthcare workers in the major teaching hospital of Sicily (Italy)

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1408-1412

  Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Anastasi, Giovanna ^a   Marsala, Maria Grazia Laura ^a   Torregrossa, Maria Valeria ^a,b   Romano, Nino ^a   Firenze, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Healthcare workers; Pandemic influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; ITALY; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SORE THROAT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICILY; VACCINATION;

EID: 79151470753     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.12.041     Document Type: Article

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