Perceptions and influence of a hospital influenza vaccination policy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-455

  Daugherty, Elizabeth L ^a   Speck, Kathleen A ^a   Rand, Cynthia S ^a   Perl, Trish M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 79955496807     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659406     Document Type: Article

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