Children's response to vaccine fluid injection versus needle puncture pain during routine immunization

Ambulatory Child Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-100

  Goodenough, Belinda ^a,b   Perrott, David A ^a   Dongen, Katinka van ^c   Brouwer, Nanda ^c   Champion, G David ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization; Needle; Pain

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033861818     PISSN: 13555626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-0658.2000.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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