Changes in influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers following a pandemic influenza year at a Japanese tertiary care centre

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-320

  Honda, H ^a   Padival, S ^a   Shimamura, Y ^a   Babcock, H M ^b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84858282367     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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