Effect of pharmacist interventions on pneumococcal and influenza vaccination rates: A seamless care approach

Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 32-38

  Gutschi, L Maria ^a   Vaillancourt, Regis ^a   Homes, Melanie ^a   Lafoley, Lise ^a   Mulvihill, Jane ^a   Taichmann, Joan ^a   Trottier, Michel ^a   Wells, George ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031765573     PISSN: 08286914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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