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Influenza vaccine coverage, awareness, and beliefs regarding seasonal influenza vaccination among people aged 65 years and older in Central Saudi Arabia

Fawzan Y. Alotaibi, Abdulkarim F. Alhetheel, Yousef M. Alluhaymid, Mohammed G. Alshibani, Abdulkarim O. Almuhaydili, Talal A. Alhuqayl, Fahad M. Alfayez and Ahmed A. Almasabi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2019, 40 (10) 1013-1018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.11.24587
Fawzan Y. Alotaibi
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulkarim F. Alhetheel
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yousef M. Alluhaymid
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed G. Alshibani
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulkarim O. Almuhaydili
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Talal A. Alhuqayl
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad M. Alfayez
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed A. Almasabi
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vol. 40 no. 10 1013-1018
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.11.24587
PubMed 
31588480

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 13, 2019
  • Accepted September 17, 2019
  • Published online October 1, 2019.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Fawzan Y. Alotaibi, Medical Students⇑,
  2. Abdulkarim F. Alhetheel, Msc, PhD,
  3. Yousef M. Alluhaymid, Medical Students,
  4. Mohammed G. Alshibani, Medical Students,
  5. Abdulkarim O. Almuhaydili, Medical Students,
  6. Talal A. Alhuqayl, Medical Students,
  7. Fahad M. Alfayez, Medical Students and
  8. Ahmed A. Almasabi, Medical Students
  1. From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alluhaymid, Alshibani, Almuhaydili, Alhuqay, Alfayez, Almasasbi), King Saud University, and from the Department of Microbiology & Pathology (Alhetheel), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Fawzan Y. Alotaibi, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: fawzanyousef01{at}gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-3262
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