Influenza vaccination, inverse care and homelessness: Cross-sectional survey of eligibility and uptake during the 2011/12 season in London

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Story, Alistair ^a   Aldridge, Robert W ^b   Gray, Tat ^a   Burridge, Stan ^a   Hayward, Andrew C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892388089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-44     Document Type: Article

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