Breaking down the monolith: Understanding flu vaccine uptake among African Americans
Black adults are significantly less likely to be immunized for seasonal influenza when compared to Whites. This persistent disparity contributes to increased influenza-related morbidity and mortality in the African American population. Most scholarship on vaccine disparities has compared Whites and...
Main Authors: | Sandra Crouse Quinn, Amelia Jamison, Ji An, Vicki S. Freimuth, Gregory R. Hancock, Donald Musa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-04-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827317301301 |
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