The impact of vaccine concerns on racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages e35-e41

  Ojha, Rohit P ^a   Stallings Smith, Sericea ^a   Flynn, Patricia M ^a   Adderson, Elisabeth E ^a   Offutt Powell, Tabatha N ^b   Gaur, Aditya H ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Delaware State Health Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TENNESSEE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939207568     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302736     Document Type: Article

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