Influenza vaccination and mortality: Prospective cohort study of the elderly in a large geographical area

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-422

  Ortqvist A ^a,b,c   Granath, F ^a   Askling, J ^a   Hedlund, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Influenza; Mortality; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; REGISTER; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349033765     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135306     Document Type: Article

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