Why do not patients receive influenza vaccine in December and January?

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 798-802

  Fishbein, Daniel B ^a   Fontanesi, John ^b   Kopald, David ^b   Stevenson, John ^a   Bennett, Nancy M ^d   Stryker, David W ^c   Long, Christine ^d   Coleman, Margaret S ^a   Shefer, Abigail M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Presbyterian Hospital Albuquerque   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Ambulatory care; Immunization; Influenza; Influenza vaccination; Seasonality; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 31944450275     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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