Prevalence and predictors of influenza vaccination among frail, community-living elderly patients: An International Observational Study

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 3896-3901

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a   Carpenter, Iain ^b   Garms Homolova, Vjenka ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut für Gesundheitsanalysen und Soziale Konzepte E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Influenza vaccination; MDS HC assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 19444384059     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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