The influence of the stigma of obesity on H1N1 influenza vaccine sequencing in Canada in 2009

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 52, 2011, Pages 9607-9610

  Kaposy, Chris ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

H1N1 influenza; Rationing; Resource allocation; Vaccine ethics; Vaccine prioritization; Vaccine sequencing

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; CANADA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NOTE; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555168276     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.044     Document Type: Note

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