Persistent low immunization coverage among inner-city preschool children despite access to free vaccine

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 612-616

  Kenyon, Thomas A ^a,c   Matuck, Michael A ^b   Stroh, George ^c  

^a Chicago Department of Health   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Survey methodology; Vaccination; Vaccination coverage; Vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHICAGO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POVERTY AREAS; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031894437     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.4.612     Document Type: Article

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