Influenza A among community-dwelling elderly persons in Leicestershire during winter 1993-4; Cigarette smoking as a risk factor and the efficacy of influenza vaccination

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-108

  Nicholson, K G ^a   Kent, J ^b   Hammersley, V ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032846066     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026889900271X     Document Type: Article

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