Vaccination behaviour influences self-report of influenza vaccination status: A cross-sectional study among health care workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Llupià, Anna ^a   García Basteiro, Alberto L ^a   Mena, Guillermo ^a   Ríos, José ^b,c   Puig, Joaquim ^d   Bayas, José M ^a   Trilla, Antoni ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; VACCINATION;

EID: 84863846966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039496     Document Type: Article

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