Influenza vaccination in Austria from 1982 to 2011: A country resistant to influenza prevention and control

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 5099-5103

  Kunze, Ursula ^a   Böhm, Gabriela ^a   Groman, Ernest ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Influenza; Vaccination; Vaccine use

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL INSURANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRIA; INFLUENZA; VACCINATION; VACCINE USE;

AUSTRIA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84885427386     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.050     Document Type: Article

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