Socioeconomic determinants of influenza vaccination among older adults in Italy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 332-333

  Chiatti, C ^a,b   Di Rosa, M ^b   Barbadoro, P ^a   Lamura, G ^b   Di Stanislao, F ^a   Prospero, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Influenza vaccine; Italy

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955010841     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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