Re: Effectiveness of adjuvanted influenza vaccination in Elderly subjects in Northern Italy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 593-594

  Skowronski, Danuta M ^a   De Serres, Gaston ^b   Janjua, Naveed Z ^a   Hottes, Travis S ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ITALY; LETTER;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POLYSORBATES; SQUALENE;

EID: 84874854609     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt021     Document Type: Letter

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