Functional disability and antibody response to influenza vaccine in elderly patients in a Dutch nursing home

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7037, 1996, Pages 1015-

  Remarque, E J ^a   Cools, H J M ^b   Boere, T J ^a   Van Der Klis, R J ^a   Masurel, N ^c   Ligthart, G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 9244230630     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1015     Document Type: Article

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