Does providing social services with information and advice on immunisation status of "looked after children" improve uptake?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-301

  Ashton Key, M ^a   Jorge, E ^b  

^a Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b 9b Glebe Park Avenue ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037386126     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.4.299     Document Type: Article

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