Influenza like illness among medical residents anticipates influenza diffusion in general population: Data from a national survey among Italian medical residents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Restivo, Vincenzo ^a   Costantino, Claudio ^a   Mammina, Caterina ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ITALY; MALE; VACCINATION;

EID: 85006957227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168546     Document Type: Review

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