Determinants of influenza vaccination, 2003-2004: Shortages, fallacies and disparities

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1824-1828

  Jones, Timothy F ^a,b   Ingram, L Amanda ^a   Craig, Allen S ^a   Schaffner, William ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 10644297270     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427153     Document Type: Article

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