Reasons for and against receiving influenza vaccination in a working age population in Japan: A national cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Iwasa, Tsubasa ^a   Wada, Koji ^b  

^a Saiwai Public Health Center Kawasaki   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude; General population; Influenza vaccination; Japan

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880007218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-647     Document Type: Article

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