Prevalence of influenza immunisation in Australia and suggestions for future targeting of campaigns

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-99

  Wilson, David ^a   Lester, Rosemary ^c   Taylor, Anne ^a   Gill, Tiffany ^a   Dal Grande, Eleonora ^a   Litt, John ^d   Kempe, Ann ^a   Campbell, Margaret ^b   Miller, Nan ^e   Rixon, Gay ^f   Schell, Jo ^c   White, Brenda ^c   Klason, Sandra ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^b Centre for Population Studies in Epidemiology   (Australia)

^c Department of Human Services Victoria ^*

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Territory Health Services   (Australia)

^f New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; At risk; Epidemiology; Immunisation; Influenza; Population surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036072363     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01318390     Document Type: Article

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