Influenza vaccine coverage and reasons for non-vaccination in a sample of people above 65 years of age, in Sweden, 1998-2000

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Dannetun, Eva ^a,b   Tegnell, Anders ^b   Normann, Bengt ^a   Garpenholt, Örjan ^c   Giesecke, Johan ^b  

^a Landstinget i Ostergotland ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0041920962     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310011065     Document Type: Article

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