Vaccination in elderly patients admitted to rehabilitation: A missed opportunity?;Vaccination chez des patients ages admis en readaptation: Opportunites manquees?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 48, 1996, Pages 2082-2086

  Bula Ch J ^a,b,c   Closuit, A ^a   Meier Padel, S ^a   Bart, P A ^b   Schluter, L ^b   Rossier, Ph ^b  

^a Centre Universitaire de Traitements et Réadaptation CUTR Sylvana   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CUTR Sylvana   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; REHABILITATION; TETANUS; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWITZERLAND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL VACCINES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; REHABILITATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWITZERLAND; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0029801848     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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