Effect of influenza vaccination on hospitalizations in persons aged 50 years and older

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 7267-7272

  Baxter, Roger ^a   Ray, G Thomas ^b   Fireman, Bruce H ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Effectiveness; Hospitalization; Influenza; Vaccination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77957750627     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.08.088     Document Type: Article

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