Factors influencing influenza vaccination uptake in an elderly, community-based sample

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 3604-3608

  Burns, Victoria E ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; Predictors; Vaccination uptake

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 18144369636     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.12.031     Document Type: Article

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