Predictive factors associated with the acceptance of pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination in health care workers and students in Tuscany, Central Italy

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2603-2612

  Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo ^a   Lorini, Chiara ^b   Santomauro, Francesca ^b   Guarducci, Silvia ^b   Pellegrino, Elettra ^b   Puggelli, Francesco ^b   Balli, Marta ^b   Bonanni, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards vaccine; H1N1; Health care workers; Influenza; Pandemic; Vaccine policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDES TOWARDS VACCINE; H1N1; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; VACCINE POLICY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893124821     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.26036     Document Type: Article

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