Health care workers - Part of the system or part of the public? Ambivalent risk perception in health care workers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 829-833

  Gesser Edelsburg, Anat ^a   Walter, Nathan ^a   Green, Manfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analytical knowledge; Compliance; Emotions and personal experience; H7N9; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84905568819     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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