Influenza and immunization: A quantitative study of media coverage in the season of the "Fluad case"

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 139-145

  Odone, Anna ^a   Chiesa, Valentina ^a   Ciorba, Veronica ^a   Cella, Paola ^a   Pasquarella, Cesira ^a   Signorelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluad; Immunization; Media coverage and communication; Media monitoring; Seasonal influenza; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VACCINE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CAUSALITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CAUSALITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; SEASONS; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 84968813960     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: 23851937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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