Influenza vaccine uptake among community-dwelling Italian elderly: Results from a large cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chiatti, Carlos ^a,b   Barbadoro, Pamela ^a   Lamura, Giovanni ^b   Pennacchietti, Lucia ^a   Di Stanislao, Francesco ^a   D'Errico, Marcello M ^a   Prospero, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

influenza vaccine; Italy; older people

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; ITALY; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 79953238948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-207     Document Type: Article

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