Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing influenza-like illness among community-dwelling elderly: Population-based cohort study in Japan

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 27-28, 2006, Pages 5546-5551

  Hara, Megumi ^a   Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Keitaro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Effectiveness; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASON; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33744998495     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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