Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in a university children's hospital.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on November 01, 2005

Authors

Terhi Tapiainen1, Gurli Bär, Urs B Schaad, Ulrich Heininger

Author Affiliations

1: University Children's Hospital, PO Box, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland.

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