Vaccination coverage for seasonal influenza among residents and health care workers in Norwegian nursing homes during the 2012/13 season, a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bentele, Horst ^a,b   Bergsaker, Marianne R ^a   Hauge, Siri Helene ^a   Bjørnholt, Jørgen V ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84902288321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-434     Document Type: Article

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