Influenza vaccine and the elderly

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 686-688

  Kattan, Nadia ^a   Wooding, Fae G ^b  

^a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Influenza; Vaccination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 70349279186     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2009.686     Document Type: Article

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