Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers
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Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers.
BACKGROUND This study aims to determine side effects in healthcare workers receiving influenza vaccination, and to scrutinize the opinion of and attitude toward vaccination of healthcare workers. METHODS Five hundred forty-seven hospital personnel employed by the Eskişehir Yunus Emre State Hospital were included in the study which was conducted in November 2006,. Hospital personnel were admin...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1972-2680,2036-6590
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.105