Sense and nonsense of influenza vaccination in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1682-1686

  Rothbarth, Philip H ^a   Kempen, Brigitte M ^b   Sprenger, Marc J W ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029066355     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/151.5_Pt_1.1682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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