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Research Paper

Impact of European vaccination policies on seasonal influenza vaccination coverage rates: An update seven years later

Patricia R. BlankUniversity of Zurich, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), Zürich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gerrit Adrianus van EssenGeneral Practitioner, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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Raúl Ortiz de LejarazuValladolid National Influenza Center, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Hospital Clinicon, Valladolid, Spain
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Jan KynclDepartment of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Aneta Nitsch-OsuchDepartment of Social Medicine and Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Ernest Piotr KucharDepartment of Paediatrics with Clinical Assessment Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Oana Falup-PecurariuDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Clinic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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Helena C. MaltezouHellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Dace ZavadskaDepartment of Pediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
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Zuzana KristufkovaFaculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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George KassianosRoyal College of General Practitioners, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK
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Pages 2706-2714 | Received 15 Dec 2017, Accepted 13 Jun 2018, Published online: 27 Aug 2018

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