Influenza vaccinations in Northern Ireland: Are older patients missing out?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 385-390

  O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   Gormley, Gerry ^a   Gilliland, Andrew ^a   Cuene Grandidier, Hazel ^a   Rafferty, Colm ^b   Reilly, Philip ^a   Steele, Keith ^a   Stevenson, Michael ^a   Smyth, Brian ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Ballyclare Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccination; Older patients

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MONITORING; ELDERLY CARE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRELAND; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036750995     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.5.385     Document Type: Article

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