Influenza vaccination among Australian Hajj pilgrims: Uptake, attitudes, and barriers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 384-390

  Barasheed, Osamah ^a   Rashid, Harunor ^a   Heron, Leon ^a   Ridda, Iman ^a,b   Haworth, Elizabeth ^c   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan ^d   Dwyer, Dominic E ^e,f   Booy, Robert ^a,f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISLAM; MALE; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CROWDING (AREA); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROWDING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926019658     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12146     Document Type: Article

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