Racial and ethnic disparities in uptake and location of vaccination for 2009-H1N1 and seasonal influenza

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1252-1255

  Uscher Pines, Lori ^a   Maurer, Jurgen ^a   Harris, Katherine M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; RACE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958810983     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300133     Document Type: Article

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