Vaccination and healthy ageing: How to make life-course vaccination a successful public health strategy

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Michel, J P ^a   Gusmano, M ^b   Blank, P R ^c   Philp, I ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b HASTINGS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Age distribution; Communicable diseases; Healthy ageing; Immunisation; Public health policy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUMPS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SMALLPOX; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77957848188     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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