Impact of influenza infection in healthy children examined as outpatients and their families

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 33-34, 2006, Pages 5970-5976

  Tsolia, M N ^a   Logotheti, I ^a   Papadopoulos, N G ^a   Mavrikou, M ^b   Spyridis, N P ^a   Drossatou, P ^a   Kafetzis, D ^a   Konstantopoulos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Influenza; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746054533     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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