Effectiveness of the influenza vaccination program for the elderly in Taiwan

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-638

  Chiu, Po Ju ^a,b   Chen, Chang Hsun ^a   Chih, Yi Chien ^a,b  

^a Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Influenza; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84871936377     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.055     Document Type: Article

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