Disparities in influenza vaccine coverage in the United States, 2008

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1333-1340

  Linn, Shauna T ^a,b   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Patel, Kushang V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; health disparities; influenza; influenza vaccines; public health

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77954328809     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02904.x     Document Type: Article

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