Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination: Do older people know if they have been vaccinated?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 279-280

  Laurence, Alice ^a   Lewis, Peter ^a   Gately, Colleen ^a   Dixon, Andrew ^a  

^a Central Coast Local Health District ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

influenza; pneumococcal; vaccines; validation

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; VACCINATION;

EID: 84939630234     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12423     Document Type: Article

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