Reducing missed opportunities for immunizations: Easier said than done

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1193-1200

  Szilagyi, Peter G ^a,c   Rodewald, Lance E ^a   Humiston, Sharon G ^a   Pollard, Laura ^a   Klossner, Kevin ^b   Jones, Ann Marie ^b   Barth, Richard ^a   Woodin, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Anthony Jordan Health Center   (United States)

^c STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029855126     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170360083014     Document Type: Article

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