Influenza vaccination of primary healthcare physicians may be associated with vaccination in their patients: A vaccination coverage study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Godoy, Pere ^a,b,c   Castilla, Jesús ^b,d   Mayoral, José María ^e   Martín, Vicente ^b,f   Astray, Jenaro ^g   Torner, Núria ^a,b,h   Toledo, Diana ^b,h,i   Soldevila, Núria ^b,h   González Candelas, Fernando ^b,j   García, Susana ^k   Diaz Borrego, José ^l   Tamames, Sonia ^m   Domínguez, Angela ^b,h  

^a Agencia de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^e Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucia   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^g Área de Epidemiología Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ Agencia de Salud Publica de Barcelona   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^k Hospital Galdakao Usansolo   (Spain)

^l Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

^m Servicio de Programas de Salud y Prevención de la Dirección Técnica de Recursos Humanos y Gestión de Centros Gerencia de Servicios Sociales   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Coverage; Elderly; Influenza; Physician; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84926452180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0259-0     Document Type: Article

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