The effect of parental monetary sanctions on the vaccination status of young children: An evaluation of welfare reform in Maryland

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1242-1247

  Minkovitz, Cynthia ^a,b   Holt, Elizabeth ^a   Hughart, Nancy ^a   Hou, William ^a   Thomas, Larry ^b   Dini, Eugene ^c   Guyer, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TRIPLE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032729837     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.12.1242     Document Type: Article

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