Influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination and risk of acute myocardial infarction: Matched case - Control study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1617-1623

  Siriwardena, A Niroshan ^a   Gwini, Stella M ^b   Coupland, Carol A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b Bracebridge Heath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINATION; VACCINATION; AGE; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78049295118     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091891     Document Type: Article

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