Status of influenza vaccination in patients presenting to two neighborhood primary health care clinics in Antalya

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 74-79

  Oncel, Selma ^a   Turhan, Ozge ^a   Huseyin, Polat Hasan ^a   Yalcin, Ata Nevzat ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Primary health care unit

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 47149085124     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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