Understanding physician agreement with varicella immunization guidelines

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a   Mieczkowski, Tammy A ^a   Mainzer, Hugh M ^b   Medsger, Anne R ^a   Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chicken pox vaccine; Child health services; Guidelines; Immunization programs utilization

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036391911     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1068     Document Type: Article

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