Prevalence rate and reasons for refusals of influenza vaccine in the elderly

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 43-44, 2003, Pages 598-602

  Canova, Laurence ^a   Birchmeier, Myriam ^a   D'Acremont, Valérie ^a   Abetel, Gilbert ^a   Favrat, Bernard ^a   Landry, Pierre ^b   Mancini, Maxime ^b   Verdon, François ^b   Pécoud, Alain ^a   Genton, Blaise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Orbe and Neuchâtel   (Switzerland)

^c POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Influenza; Motives; Prevalence; Refusal; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 9144273456     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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