Successful use of volunteers to conduct school-located mass influenza vaccination clinics

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Cummings, Ginny E ^a   Ruff, Elizabeth ^b   Guthrie, Stephen H ^c   Hoffmaster, Margaret A ^c   Leitch, Larry L ^b   King, James C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carroll County Health Department   (United States)

^c Carroll County Public School System   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization programs; Influenza vaccination; Mass vaccination; School health services; School age population

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG INFORMATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLUNTEER; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84857960817     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0737H     Document Type: Article

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