Issuance of patient reminders for influenza vaccination by us-based primary care physicians during the first year of universal influenzavaccination recommendations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Maurer, Jürgen ^a   Harris, Katherine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901045016     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301888     Document Type: Article

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