Cross-sectional and longitudinal factors predicting influenza vaccination in Hong Kong Chinese elderly aged 65 and above

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 460-468

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Yang, Xilin ^b   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Elderly; Health belief model; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 44749090575     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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