Are medical residents a "core group" for future improvement of influenza vaccination coverage in health-care workers? A study among medical residents at the University Hospital of Palermo (Sicily)

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 8113-8117

  Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Tramuto, Fabio ^a   Maringhini, Guido ^a   Asciutto, Rosario ^a   Firenze, Alberto ^a,b   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Costantino, Claudio ^a   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Medical residents

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICILY; VACCINATION;

EID: 80053635194     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

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