The Decision to Vaccinate or Not during the H1N1 Pandemic: Selecting the Lesser of Two Evils?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ashbaugh, Andrea R ^a,b   Herbert, Christophe F ^a,b   Saimon, Elena ^a   Azoulay, Nelson ^a,b   Olivera Figueroa, Lening ^c,d   Brunet, Alain ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; TELEVISION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874725278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058852     Document Type: Article

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