The impact of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic on attitudes of healthcare workers toward seasonal influenza vaccination 2010/11

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Brandt, C ^a   F Rabenau, H F ^a   Bornmann, S ^b   Gottschalk, R ^c   Wicker, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Health Protection Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79955929412     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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