Influenza vaccination coverage rates in five European countries - A population-based cross-sectional analysis of two consecutive influenza seasons

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 5055-5063

  Szucs, Thomas D ^a   Müller, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coverage; Elderly; Europe; Health care; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION REACTION;

EID: 24944481644     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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