Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake among nursing home residents in Nottingham, England: A postal questionnaire survey

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shroufi, Amir ^a   Copping, Joanna ^b   Vivancos, Roberto ^c   Slack, Richard C B ^d  

^a Norfolk PCT   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d East Midlands Public Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME FOR THE AGED; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 44949248508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-11     Document Type: Article

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