Interventions to increase seasonal influenza vaccine coverage in healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 671-681

  Lytras, Theodore ^a,b,c   Kopsachilis, Frixos ^d   Mouratidou, Elisavet ^a   Papamichail, Dimitris ^d   Bonovas, Stefanos ^e  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^e HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

epidemiology; healthcare; healthcare workers; influenza; influenza vaccine; meta analysis; meta regression; systematic review; vaccination; vaccine coverage

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

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

EID: 84976518396     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1106656     Document Type: Article

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