Influenza vaccination in Turkey: Prevalence of risk groups, current vaccination status, factors influencing vaccine uptake and steps taken to increase vaccination rate

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 518-523

  Ciblak, Meral Akcay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Influenza; Risk groups; Turkey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTHORITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871671115     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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