The impact of vaccination strategy and methods of information on influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage in the elderly population

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Honkanen, Pekka O ^a   Keistinen, Timo ^b   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

influenza vaccination; vaccination coverage; vaccination strategy

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BACTERIAL VACCINES; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MASS MEDIA; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031052754     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(96)00171-5     Document Type: Article

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