An intensive 5-year-long influenza vaccination campaign is effective among doctors but not nurses

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Friedl, A ^a   Aegerter, C ^a   Saner, E ^a   Meier, D ^a   Beer, J H ^a,b  

^a Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Influenza vaccination; Nurses; Physicians; Vaccination rates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857781705     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0193-6     Document Type: Article

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