Why do healthy elderly people fail to comply with influenza vaccination

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-279

  Van Essen, Gerrit A ^a   Kuyvenhoven, Maria M ^a   De Melker, Ruut A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; General practice; Influenza; Socio psychoiogical factors; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0030751887     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.4.275     Document Type: Article

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