Seasonal influenza vaccination amongst medical students: A social network analysis based on a cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Edge, Rhiannon ^a   Heath, Joseph ^a   Rowlingson, Barry ^a   Keegan, Thomas J ^a   Isba, Rachel ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948708362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140085     Document Type: Article

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