AMMI Canada position paper: 2012 mandatory influenza immunization of health care workers

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bryce, Elizabeth ^a   Embree, Joanne ^b   Evans, Gerald ^c   Johnston, Lynn ^d   Katz, Kevin ^e,f   McGeer, Allison ^f,g   Moore, Dorothy ^h   Roth, Virginia ⁱ   Simor, Andrew ^f,j   Suh, Kathryn ⁱ   Vearncombe, Mary ^f,j  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^j SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84872799403     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/756824     Document Type: Article

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