Support for seasonal influenza vaccination requirements among US healthcare personnel

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-221

  Maurer, Jürgen ^a,b   Harris, Katherine M ^a   Black, Carla L ^c   Euler, Gary L ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857014820     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664056     Document Type: Article

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