The information network of senior citizens in Geneva, Switzerland, and progress in flu vaccination coverage between 1991 and 2000

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 393-398

  Toscani, Letizia ^a   Gauthey, Laurent ^b   Robert, Claude François ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Association of Physicians of the Canton of Geneva   (Switzerland)

^c General Direction for Health   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Health education; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037449523     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00411-5     Document Type: Article

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