Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in elderly outpatients in São Paulo City, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 317-320

  Gutierrez, Eliana Battaggia ^a,b   Li, Ho Yeh ^a   De Seixas Santos, Ann Catarina ^a   Lopes, Marta Heloísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Influenza; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0035692896     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000600003     Document Type: Article

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