A cross-sectional study of factors associated with uptake of vaccination against influenza among older residents in the postpandemic season in Beijing, China

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Yang ^a   Yang, Peng ^a   Wu, Shuangsheng ^a   Ma, Chunna ^a   Seale, Holly ^b   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b   Wang, Quanyi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84889582369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003662     Document Type: Article

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