'McFlu': The monroe County, New York, medicare vaccine demonstration

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 118-127

  Barker, William H ^a   Bennett, Nancy M ^a,b   LaForce, F Marc ^a,c   Waltz, Edward C ^d   Weiner, Leonard B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Monroe County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c Genesee Hospital   (United States)

^d Onondaga County Health Department   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROMOTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033120360     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-3797(98)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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