Knowledge, attitudes, and influenza vaccination of medical students in Warsaw, Strasbourg, and Teheran

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-240

  Machowicz, R ^a   Wyszomirski, T ^b   Ciechanska, J ^a   Mahboobi, N ^c   Wnekowicz, E ^d   Obrowski, M ^a   Zycinska, K ^a   Zielonka, Tadeusz M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Tehran Hepatitis Center   (Iran)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

health prevention; influenza; medical students; vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRUG COST; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAZINESS; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952277617     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: 2047783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783X-15-S2-235     Document Type: Article

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