Fighting misconceptions to improve compliance with influenza vaccination among health care workers: An educational project

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Couto, Carla R ^a   Pannuti, Cláudio S ^a   Paz, José P ^a   Fink, Maria C D ^a   Machado, Alessandra A ^a   de Marchi, Michela ^a   Machado, Clarisse M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INJECTION SITE EDEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; THERAPY EFFECT; VACCINE FAILURE; VIRUS DETECTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84856661231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030670     Document Type: Article

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