Comparative acceptance of pertussis and influenza immunization among health-care personnel

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 5350-5356

  Ryser, Anna Julia ^a   Heininger, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health care personnel; Influenza; Pertussis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERTUSSIS; PERTUSSIS IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWELLING; VACCINATION; AGED; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; SWITZERLAND; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941874329     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.078     Document Type: Article

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