Some factors affecting the decision on non-mandatory vaccination in an in fluenza pandemic: Comparison of pandemic (H1N1) and seasonal influenza vacination

Zdravstveno Varstvo

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-238

  Podlesek, Anja ^a   Roškar, Saška ^b   Komidar, Luka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b In titut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Influenza A (H1N1) 2009; Logistic regression; Pandemic; Seasonal influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055217739     PISSN: 03510026     EISSN: 18542476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10152-011-0002-8     Document Type: Article

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