Workplace efforts to promote influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel and their association with uptake during the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2978-2985

  Harris, Katherine ^a   Maurer, Jürgen ^a   Black, Carla ^b   Euler, Gary ^b   Kadiyala, Srikanth ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

2009 pandemic; H1N1; Healthcare personnel; Healthcare worker; Influenza vaccination; Vaccination mandate; Vaccination requirement

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; WORKPLACE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79953232394     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.112     Document Type: Article

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