Did the pandemic have an impact on influenza vaccination attitude? A survey among health care workers

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arda, Bilgin ^a   Durusoy, Raika ^a   Yamazhan, Tansu ^a   Sipahi, Oǧuz R ^a   Taşbakan, Meltem ^a   Pullukçu, Hüsnü ^a   Erdem, Esra ^a   Ulusoy, Sercan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL WARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953724856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-87     Document Type: Article

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