Study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in the elderly in the epidemic of 1989–90 using a general practice database

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 581-589

  Fleming, D M ^a   Watson, J M ^b   Nicholas, S ^b   Smith, G E ^b   Swan, A V ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029561403     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880005874X     Document Type: Article

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