Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in older veterans: Results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Chi, Ru Chien ^a,c,d   Reiber, Gayle E ^b,c   Neuzil, Kathleen M ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination; Veteran

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VACCINATION; VETERANS;

EID: 33645051986     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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