Comparison of two vaccination programmes in preventing influenza-related hospitalization among the elderly during two consecutive seasons

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 506-511

  Honkanen, Pekka ^a   Läärä, Esa ^a   Pyhälä, Reijo ^b   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^c   Helena Mäkela, Pirjo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FINLAND; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746606406     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500532894     Document Type: Article

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