Examining the views of key stakeholders regarding the provision of occupational influenza vaccination for healthcare workers in Australia

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 606-610

  Lim, Yi Chen ^a   Seale, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hospitals; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEALTHCARE WORKERS; HOSPITALS; INFLUENZA; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84891660488     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.063     Document Type: Article

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