Influenza vaccination coverage rates in the UK: A comparison of two monitoring methods during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1074-1080

  Müller, Daniela ^a   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^b   Szucs, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coverage; Elderly; Influenza; Monitoring; United Kingdom; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INFLUENZA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; TELEPHONE; VACCINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750008185     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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