Practice-Proven Interventions to Increase Vaccination Rates and Broaden the Immunization Season

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 7 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Stinchfield, Patricia K ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Immunization season; Influenza; Interventions; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 45749158539     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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