The Role of Attitudes in Understanding Disparities in Adult Influenza Vaccination

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Lindley, Megan C ^a   Wortley, Pascale M ^a   Winston, Carla A ^a   Bardenheier, Barbara H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASON;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 33748441919     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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