Effectiveness of influenza vaccination of staff on morbidity, and mortality of residents of long term care facilities for the elderly

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2357-2358

  Hayward, Andrew C ^a   Watson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EFFECT SIZE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952362635     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.020     Document Type: Letter

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