Medical students' attitude towards influenza vaccination

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lehmann, Birthe A ^a   Ruiter, Robert ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^b   Chapman, Gretchen ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital; Influenza vaccination; Medical students; Social cognitive predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL COGNITION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928751889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0929-5     Document Type: Article

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