Elementary School-Based Influenza Vaccination: Evaluating Impact on Respiratory Illness Absenteeism and Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kjos, Sonia A ^a,b   Irving, Stephanie A ^a,c   Meece, Jennifer K ^a   Belongia, Edward A ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84883087551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072243     Document Type: Article

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