Racial disparities in receipt of influenza and pneumococcus vaccinations among us nursine-home residents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Li, Yue ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950561466     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.173468     Document Type: Article

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