The impact of European vaccination policies on seasonal influenza vaccination coverage rates in the elderly

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Blank, Patricia R ^a,b   Schwenkglenks, Matthias ^a,b   Szucs, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Influenza; Policy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84860382077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.8.318629     Document Type: Article

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