Influenza immunization in older adults with and without cancer

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2099-2103

  Locher, Julie L ^a,b   Rucks, Andrew C ^a,b   Spencer, Sharon A ^c   Pettaway, Gregory J ^a   Kilgore, Meredith L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer health disparities; cancer survivors; influenza immunization

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84869147824     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04196.x     Document Type: Article

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