Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Uptake in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Immunosuppressive Therapy in the UK: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

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Published in PLoS One on April 20, 2016

Authors

Ruth Costello1, Kevin L Winthrop2, Stephen R Pye1, Benjamin Brown3, William G Dixon1,3

Author Affiliations

1: Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute for Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
2: Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
3: Health eResearch Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

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