Psychological factors associated with the uptake of measles immunization: Findings and implications for prevention

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-284

  Weitkunat, Rolf ^a,e   Markuzzi, Andreas ^a   Vogel, Susanne ^a   Schlipköter, Ursula ^a   Koch, Hans Joachim ^a   Meyer, Gaby ^b,d   Ferring, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Medical Department   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d Department of Paediatrics

^e Institut fur Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Health promotion; Immunization; Measles; Preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MUMPS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUBELLA;

EID: 0031953871     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539800300210     Document Type: Article

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