Influenza vaccination coverage and reasons to refrain among high-risk persons in four European countries

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 622-628

  Kroneman, Madelon ^a   Van Essen, Gerrit A ^b   John Paget, W ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High risk population; Influenza; Vaccination coverage rates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EUROPE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLAND; RISK; SPAIN; SWEDEN; VACCINATION;

EID: 29544447370     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.040     Document Type: Article

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