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Research Paper

Estimating the burden of hospitalization for pneumococcal pneumonia in a general population aged 50 years or older and implications for vaccination strategies

Emanuele Amodio Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”; University of Palermo; Palermo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Claudio Costantino Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”; University of Palermo; Palermo, Italy
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Sara Boccalini Department of Health Sciences; University of Florence; Florence, Italy
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Fabio Tramuto Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”; University of Palermo; Palermo, Italy
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Carmelo M Maida Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”; University of Palermo; Palermo, Italy
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Francesco Vitale Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”; University of Palermo; Palermo, Italy
Pages 1337-1342 | Received 11 Dec 2013, Accepted 22 Jan 2014, Published online: 27 Feb 2014

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