Factors associated with influenza vaccination coverage among the elderly: Role of health care personnel

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Honkanen, P O ^a   Keistinen, T ^a   Kivela, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult vaccination; Elderly people; Finland; Health visitors; Influenza vaccination; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0029991703     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80070-9     Document Type: Article

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