Determinants of tetanus and seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in adults living in Germany

Human Vaccines

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1317-1325

  Böhmer, Merle M ^a,b   Walter, Dietmar ^a,b   Krause, Gérard ^a   Müters, Stephan ^a   Gößwald, Antje ^a   Wichmann, Ole ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coverage; Determinants; Germany; Influenza; Tetanus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855183288     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.7.12.18130     Document Type: Article

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