Prevalence and determinants of influenza vaccination in Australians aged 40 years and over - A national survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-37

  Horby, Peter W ^a   Williams, Alison ^a   Burgess, Margaret A ^a   Wang, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 15044339464     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00745.x     Document Type: Article

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