Predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in hospitals: A descriptive meta-analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 230-235

  Riphagen Dalhuisen, Josien ^a,b   Gefenaite, Giedre ^a,b   Hak, Eelko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84858072043     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100134     Document Type: Review

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