Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers who care for people aged 60 or older living in long-term care institutions

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Thomas, Roger E ^a   Jefferson, Tom ^b   Lasserson, Toby J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Acute Respiratory Infections Group   (Italy)

^c Editorial Methods Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ELDERLY CARE; EMBASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDLINE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

EID: 84971601989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005187.pub5     Document Type: Review

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