Missed opportunities to vaccinate older adults in primary care

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a,b   Cleary, Stephanie M ^a   Bruehlman, Richard D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Renaissance Family Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS TOXOID; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 20044363334     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.1.20     Document Type: Article

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