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Correlation between family physician’s direct advice and pneumococcal vaccination intention and behavior among the elderly in Japan: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Vaccination is an important element of health maintenance in family medicine. The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is highly recommended for the elderly, but its uptake is low in Japan. Primary care system remains under development and preventive services tend to be...

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Autores principales: Higuchi, Mariko, Narumoto, Keiichiro, Goto, Takahiro, Inoue, Machiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30185157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0841-3