Influenza vaccination in Austria, 1982-2003

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 157, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 98-101

  Kunze, Ursula ^a   Groman, Ernest ^a   Böhm, Gabriela ^a   Kunze, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distributed doses; Influenza vaccination; Public health

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PANDEMIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 34247251314     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-007-0389-7     Document Type: Article

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