Methodological issues in determining rates of childhood immunization in office practice: A study from pediatric research in office settings (PROS)

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1027-1031

  Darden, Paul M ^a   Taylor, James A ^b   Slora, Eric J ^c   Hasemeier, Cynthia M ^c   Asmussen, Linda ^c   Recknor, Julie C ^a   Wasserman, Richard C ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIPHTHERIA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEASLES; MUMPS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029798336     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170350029004     Document Type: Article

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