Vaccination rates of healthcare workers vary according to their occupational group

Procedia in Vaccinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 14-18

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza; Pertussis; Vaccination rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; OCCUPATION; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 80053389506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1877282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.provac.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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