E-health use, vaccination knowledge and perception of own risk: Drivers of vaccination uptake in medical students

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1143-1148

  Betsch, Cornelia ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drivers of vaccination decision; E health; HCP HCW vaccine refusal; Internet; Medical students; Vaccine risk perception

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856363017     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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