Beliefs about Childhood Immunisation among Lebanese Muslim Immigrants in Australia

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Brooke, Deborah ^a   Omeri, Akram ^b  

^a Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LEBANON; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISLAM; LEBANON; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 0033155106     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365969901000314     Document Type: Article

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