Association between health care workers' knowledge of influenza vaccine and vaccine uptake

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-70

  Jaiyeoba, Oluwatosin ^a   Villers, Margaret ^a   Soper, David E ^a   Korte, Jeffrey ^a   Salgado, Cassandra D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care provider; Immunization; Opinion; Prevention; Vaccine acceptance; Vaccine declination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; IMMUNIZATION; OPINION; PREVENTION; VACCINE ACCEPTANCE; VACCINE DECLINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84891632767     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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