Influenza vaccination in 22 developed countries: An update to 1995

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1506-1511

  Fedson, David S ^a   Hirota, Yoshio ^b   Shin, Hak Kyoon ^c   Cambillard, Pierre Etienne ^d   Kiely, James ^a   Ambrosch, Franz ^e   Hannoun, Claude ^a   Leese, Jane ^a   Sprenger, Marc J W ^a   Hampson, Alan W ^f   Bro Jørgensen, Klaus ^g   Ahlbom, Ann Marie ^h   Nøkleby, Hanne ⁱ   Valle, Martti ^j   Olafsson, Olafur ^k   Salmerón, Francisco ^l   Cloetta, Jann ^m   De Andrade, Helena Rebelo ⁿ   Snacken, René ^o   Donatelli, Isabella ^p   Jennings, Lance C ^q   Strikas, Raymond A ^r   more..

^a Kyushu University ^*

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^d Chiron Behring GmbH & Co   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^h SBL Vaccin AB   (Sweden)

ⁱ National Institute of Public Heath   (Norway)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k Directorate of Health   (Iceland)

^l INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^m FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^o PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^p MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^q CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^r CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

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Author keywords

Influenza vaccination; Vaccination recommendations; Vaccination reimbursements

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; IRELAND; JAPAN; KOREA; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030817237     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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