Racial differences in influenza vaccination among older Americans 1996-2000: Longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-10

  Østbye, Truls ^a,b   Taylor, Donald H ^a,b   Lee, Ann Marie M ^a   Greenberg, Gary ^a   Van Scoyoc, Lynn ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

EID: 3042573033     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-41     Document Type: Article

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