Beliefs and opinions of health care workers and students regarding influenza and influenza vaccination in Tuscany, Central Italy

Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-147

  Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo ^a   Santomauro, Francesca ^b   Porchia, Barbara Rita ^b   Niccolai, Giuditta ^b   Pellegrino, Elettra ^b   Bonanni, Paolo ^b   Lorini, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health care workers; Health professions students; Influenza; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 85016865791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines3010137     Document Type: Article

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