A prospective, Internet-based study of the effectiveness and safety of influenza vaccination in the 2001-2002 influenza season

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 4507-4513

  Kawai, Naoki ^a   Ikematsu, Hideyuki ^b   Iwaki, Norio ^a   Satoh, Ietaka ^a   Kawashima, Takashi ^a   Tsuchimoto, Taizo ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^c  

^a Japan Physician's Association   (Japan)

^b Hara Doi Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccine; Internet; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 0142168953     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00508-5     Document Type: Article

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