Influenza vaccine and healthcare workers

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 652-657

  Aguilar Díaz, Fatima del Carmen ^a   Jiménez Corona, Maria Eugenia ^a,b   Ponce de León Rosales, Samuel ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Biológicos y Reactivos de México   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Healthcare workers; Influenza; Pandemic; Practices; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; FEAR OF SIDE EFFECT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84856899783     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2011.12.006     Document Type: Review

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