The Impact of Influenza Vaccinations on the Adverse Effects and Hospitalization Rate in the Elderly: A National Based Study in an Asian Country

• Tsung-Yu Ho ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tsung-Yu Ho, Kuang-Yung Huang

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Kuang-Yung Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tsung-Yu Ho, Kuang-Yung Huang

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Department of Life Science and Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheung University, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Tza-Ta Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Life Science and Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheung University, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, You-Lin Branch, You-Lin, Taiwan

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• Yung-Sung Huang,

  Affiliation Divsion of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Hsu-Chueh Ho,

  Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

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• Pesus Chou,

  Affiliation Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chun-Hung Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Chang-Kao Wei,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Wei-Chang Lian,

  Affiliation Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Ting-Chang Chen,

  Affiliation Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Hsien-Bin Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Life Science and Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheung University, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Ching-Chih Lee

  * E-mail: hematcd@hotamil.com

  Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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