Influenza Vaccination in Community-Dwelling Elderly
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Household characteristics and influenza vaccination uptake in the community-dwelling elderly: a cross-sectional study
Elderly people are at higher risk of influenza diseases. The morbidity benefit of vaccination is often offset by its low and variable coverage in elderly people in the community. To assess household and individual factors associated with influenza vaccination uptake in the community-dwelling elderly of age ≥ 65, data from a cross-sectional Thematic Household Survey conducted in 2011/12 in Hong ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.9.1089