Attitudes of dental healthcare workers towards the influenza vaccination

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 482-486

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a   Betz, Werner ^a   Lauer, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental health care workers; Influenza; Influenza A H1N1; Occupational infections; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTISTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTRY; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84861526016     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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