Cross-sectional study on attitudes among general practitioners towards pneumococcal vaccination for middle-aged and elderly population in Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mui, Lancelot W H ^a   Chan, Alvin Y S ^a   Lee, Albert ^b   Lee, John ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (China)

^b Jockey Club Marion Fang Conductive Learning Centre   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84892411771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078210     Document Type: Article

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