Student nurses' reasons behind the decision to receive or decline influenza vaccine: A cross-sectional survey

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 5824-5829

  Hunt, Charlotte ^a   Arthur, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccination; Student nurses; Survey

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864811827     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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