Influenza Vaccination in the Emergency Department: Are Our Patients at Risk?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-443

  Hiller, Katherine M ^a   Sullivan, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; influenza; vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449519430     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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