Lowering the age for routine influenza vaccination to 50 years: AAFP leads the nation in influenza vaccine policy

American Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2061-2066

  Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033230656     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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