Influenza vaccine preference and uptake among older people in nine countries

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2297-2308

  Kwong, Enid Wai yung ^a   Pang, Samantha Mei che ^a   Choi, Pin pin ^a   Wong, Thomas Kok shing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Influenza vaccination; Nursing; Older people; Vaccination uptake

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956287156     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05397.x     Document Type: Article

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