Developments in influenza vaccination coverage in England, Scotland and Wales covering five consecutive seasons from 2001 to 2006

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 7931-7938

  Holm, Majbrit V ^a   Blank, Patricia R ^b   Szucs, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Coverage; Health Care; Immunisation uptake; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; VACCINATION; WALES;

EID: 35448965789     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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