What lies behind the low rates of vaccinations among nurses who treat infants?

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 3151-3154

  Baron Epel, O ^a   Bord, S ^a   Madjar, B ^b   Habib, S ^a,b   Rishpon, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Influenza; Non compliance; Nurses; Pertussis; Trust; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; FEAR; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; NURSES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84859502431     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.074     Document Type: Article

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