Impact of public vaccination programs on adult vaccination rates: Two examples from Ontario, Canada

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1432-1437

  Al Sukhni, Wigdan ^a   Avarino, Patricia ^b   McArthur, Margaret A ^b   McGeer, Allison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pneumococcal; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 39749186625     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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