Physicians' recommendations to their patients concerning a novel pandemic vaccine: A cross-sectional survey of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 320-326

  Inoue, Yusuke ^a   Matsui, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost; Pandemic; Professional advice; Safety; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SWINE INFLUENZA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80052493154     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0202-x     Document Type: Article

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