Influenza vaccination coverage among medical residents An Italian multicenter survey

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1204-1210

  Costantino, Claudio ^a   Mazzucco, Walter ^a   Azzolini, Elena ^b   Baldini, Cesare ^c   Bergomi, Margherita ^d   Biafiore, Alessio Daniele ^e   Bianco, Manuela ^f   Borsari, Lucia ^d   Cacciari, Paolo ^g   Cadeddu, Chiara ^h   Camia, Paola ⁱ   Carluccio, Eugenia ^d   Conti, Andrea ^j   De Waure, Chiara ^h   Di Gregori, Valentina ^g   Fabiani, Leila ^k   Fallico, Roberto ^l   Filisetti, Barbara ^m   Flacco, MariaE ⁿ   Franco, Elisabetta ^o   Furnari, Roberto ^l   Galis, Veronica ^f   Gallea, MariaR ^l   Gallone, MariaF ^p   Gallone, Serena ^p   Gelatti, Umberto ^m   Gilardi, Francesco ^o   Giuliani, AnnaR ^k   Grillo, OrazioC ^j   Lanati, Niccolò ^q   Mascaretti, Silvia ^m   Mattei, Antonella ^k   Micò, Rocco ^e   Morciano, Laura ^o   Nante, Nicola ^b   Napoli, Giuseppe ^a   Nobile, Carmelo ^e   Palladino, Raffaele ^r   Parisi, Salvatore ^a   Passaro, Maria ^r   Pelissero, Gabriele ^q   Quarto, Michele ^p   Ricciardi, Walter ^h   Romano, Gabriele ^c   Rustico, Ennio ^g   Saponari, Anita ⁿ   Schioppa, FrancescoS ⁿ   Signorelli, Carlo ⁱ   Siliquini, Roberta ^f   Trabacchi, Valeria ⁱ   Triassi, Maria ^r   Varetta, Alessia ^q   Ziglio, Andrea ^c   Zoccali, Angela ^j   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Amodio, Emanuele ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^r FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Coverage rate; Influenza vaccination; Italy; Medical residents; Multicentre survey

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; ITALIAN; ITALY; MALE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SEASON; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ITALY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84901424541     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.28081     Document Type: Article

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