What predicts influenza vaccination status in older Americans over several years?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1354-1359

  Tabbarah, Melissa ^a   Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a,b   Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Janosky, Janine E ^a   Troy, Judith A ^a   Raymund, Mahlon ^a   Jewell, Ilene Katz ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Decision making behavior; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED STATES; AGE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 25144471143     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53424.x     Document Type: Article

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