Non-participation in a population-based seroprevalence study of vaccine-preventable diseases

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-262

  De Melker, H E ^a   Nagelkerde, N J D ^a   Conyn Van Spaendonck, M A E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0034006107     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003234     Document Type: Article

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