Variations in influenza vaccination among the elderly

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-360

  Lemon, Stephenie C ^a   Rakowski, William ^b   Clark, Melissa A ^b   Roy, Jason ^b   Friedmann, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Geriatrics; Guideline adherence; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

EID: 4444332636     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.4.7     Document Type: Article

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