Low rates of influenza immunization in young children under Ontario's universal influenza immunization program

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Campitelli, Michael A ^a   Inoue, Miho ^b   Calzavara, Andrew J ^a   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,c,d   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood immunization coverage; Immunization programs; Influenza vaccines

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WINTER;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84861909623     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2441     Document Type: Article

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