Midwives' influenza vaccine uptake and their views on vaccination of pregnant women

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 570-577

  Ishola Jr , D A ^a,b   Permalloo, N ^c   Cordery, R J ^a   Anderson, S R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Tobacco Control Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; London; Midwives; Policy; Pregnant; Survey; Uptake; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDWIFE; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; UPTAKE;

INFLUENZA; LONDON; MIDWIVES; POLICY; PREGNANT; SURVEY; UPTAKE; VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONDON; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84890539607     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds109     Document Type: Article

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