Cochrane re-arranged: Support for policies to vaccinate elderly people against influenza

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 6030-6033

  Beyer, Walter E P ^a   McElhaney, Janet ^b   Smith, Derek J ^a,c,d   Monto, Arnold S ^e   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^f   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WHO Collaborating Center for Modeling Evolution and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficacy; Elderly; Influenza; Safety; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GERIATRIC CARE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINE FAILURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICACY; ELDERLY; INFLUENZA; SAFETY; VACCINATION;

AGED; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84887607325     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.063     Document Type: Article

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