Pandemic influenza (A/H1N1) vaccine uptake among French private general practitioners: A cross sectional study in 2010

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Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Verger, Pierre ^a,b,c   Flicoteaux, Rémi ^d   Schwarzinger, Michael ^a,e   Sagaon Teyssier, Luis ^a,b,c   Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b,c   Launay, Odile ^a   Sebbah, Remy ^f   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f Union régionale des professionnels de santé médecins libéraux ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864570308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041837     Document Type: Article

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