Does a population survey provide reliable influenza vaccine uptake rates among high-risk groups? A case-study of the Netherlands

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 17-18, 2004, Pages 2163-2170

  Kroneman, Madelon W ^a   Van Essen, Gerrit A ^b   Tacken, Margot A J B ^c   Paget, W John ^a   Verheij, Robert ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High risk groups; Influenza vaccination uptake; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEASON;

EID: 2442487851     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.11.049     Document Type: Article

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