Mothers as active partners in the prevention of childhood diseases: Maternal factors related to immunization status of preschool children in Italy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-55

  Impicciatore, Piero ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Schiavio, Stefano ^a   Pandolfini, Chiara ^a   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Immunization; Italy; Mothers' attitudes; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033928512     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0677     Document Type: Article

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