A successful strategy for improving the influenza immunization rates of health care workers without a mandatory policy

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 184-186

  Guanche Garcell, Humberto ^a   Villanueva Arias, A ^a   Guilarte Garcia E ^a   Rubiera Jimenez R ^a   Nonato Alfonso, R ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84937415207     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2015.595     Document Type: Article

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