Differences in national influenza vaccination policies across the European Union, Norway And Iceland 2008-2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Mereckiene, J ^a,b   Cotter, S ^a,b   D'Ancona, F ^b,c   Giambi, C ^b,c   Nicoll, A ^d   Levy Bruhl D ^b,e   Lopalco, P L ^d   Weber, J T ^d   Johansen, K ^d   Dematte, L ^b,f   Salmaso, S ^b,c   Stefanoff, P ^b,g   Greco, D ^b,c   Dorleans, F ^b,e   Polkowska, A ^b,g   O'Flanagan, D ^a,b  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Vaccine European New Integrated Collaboration Effort

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^e Institut de Veille Sanitare   (France)

^f CINECA   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ICELAND; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; NORWAY; VACCINATION;

EID: 78649242481     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.44.19700-en     Document Type: Article

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