The contribution of missed opportunities to childhood underimmunization in Baltimore

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 474-480

  Holt, Elizabeth ^a   Guyer, Bernard ^a   Hughart, Nancy ^a   Keane, Virginia ^b   Vivier, Patrick ^a   Ross, Alan ^a   Strobino, Donna ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

contraindications to vaccinate; immunization coverage; missed opportunities; preschool children; vaccination

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BALTIMORE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MUMPS VACCINE; OFFICE VISITS; OTITIS MEDIA; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA VACCINE; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0029870662     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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