Mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination or masking of British Columbia health care workers: Year 1

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ksienski, Doran S ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CANADA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MASK; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASKS; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906806172     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4346     Document Type: Article

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