Redundancy of roles by physicians in charge of paediatric diabetes is a barrier to flu immunisation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-400

  Giannattasio, Antonietta ^a   Lo Vecchio, Andrea ^a   Franzese, Adriana ^a   Prisco, Francesco ^b   Femiano, Pasquale ^c   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c AORN San Sebastiano Sant'Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; ITALY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77953735269     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.182980     Document Type: Letter

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