Prevalence of influenza vaccination and associated factors among community-dwelling Hong Kong residents of age 65 or above

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 5526-5534

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Yang, Xilin ^a   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian; Chinese; Elderly; Influenza; Prevalence studies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33744802904     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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