Influenza vaccination coverage in Canterbury rest homes

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1122, 2000, Pages 503-505

  Weir, Robert ^a   Jennings, Lance ^b   Brunton, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034711526     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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