Predictors of universal influenza vaccination uptake in grades 1 and 2 Toronto school children: Effective vaccination strategies should not end with at risk children

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 6518-6522

  Foty, Richard G ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^b,c   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^d,e   Maaten, Sarah ^d   Manuel, Doug ^d   Stieb, David M ^f   Dell, Sharon D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Influenza; Paediatric; Universal vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956401811     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.097     Document Type: Article

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