Trends in influenza immunisation amongst an elderly Australian community

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5428-5432

  Gill, Tiffany K ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^a   Watson, Maureen ^b  

^a Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunisation; Influenza; Population surveys

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; VACCINATION;

EID: 34347246297     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.073     Document Type: Article

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