A meta-analysis of effectiveness of influenza vaccine in persons aged 65 years and over living in the community

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 1831-1836

  Vu, Trang ^a   Farish, Stephen ^b   Jenkins, Mark ^b   Kelly, Heath ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community living; Effectiveness; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LANGUAGE; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0037086692     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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