Trends in influenza vaccine coverage among primary healthcare workers in Spain, 2008-2011

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-211

  Castilla, Jesús ^a,b   Martínez Baz, Iván ^a,b   Godoy, Pere ^b,c   Toledo, Diana ^b,d   Astray, Jenaro ^e   García, Susana ^f   Mayoral, José María ^g   Martín, Vicente ^b,h   González Candelas, Fernando ^b,i   Guevara, Marcela ^a,b   Diaz Borrego, José ^g   Torner, Núria ^b,d,k   Baricot, Maretva ^b   Tamames, Sonia ^j   Domínguez, Angela ^b,k  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Agencia de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^d IDIAP Jordi Gol i Gurina   (Spain)

^e Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^g Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucia   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^j Direccion General de Salud Publica Investigacion Desarrollo e Innovacion   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination; Pandemic influenza; Primary health care; Vaccine coverage

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SELF REPORT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; WORKPLACE;

HEALTHCARE WORKERS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINE COVERAGE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84881609430     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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