Influenza vaccination among nurses in Greece

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-278

  Toska, Aikaterini ^a   Saridi, Maria ^a   Wozniak, Greta ^b   Souliotis, Kyriakos ^c   Korovesis, Konstantinos ^a   Apostolopoulou, Eleni ^d  

^a General Hospital of Korinthos   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Immunization; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NURSE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84858792427     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.04.050     Document Type: Article

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