Attitudes toward Vaccination for Pandemic H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 156-160

  Chin Yee, Benjamin H ^a   Monkman, Katherine ^a   Hussain, Zafar ^a   Minuk, Leonard A ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 80051661220     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: 1879596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suponc.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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