Breaking through the status quo: Improving influenza vaccination coverage among health-care personnel

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-

  Koh, Howard K ^a   Gordon, Jennifer L ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

EID: 84871688320     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800104     Document Type: Note

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