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Default clinic appointments promote influenza vaccination uptake without a displacement effect

by gretchen b. chapman, meng li, howard leventhal, elaine a. leventhal
May 24, 2017

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Author Note

This research was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant 1R01AG037943-01 to Gretchen B. Chapman.

Author Affiliation

Chapman, Psychology Department and Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University; Li, Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver; Leventhal, Psychology Department and Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University; Leventhal, Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging Research and Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University. Corresponding author’s e-mail address: [email protected]

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