A pilot study to quantify parental anxiety associated with enrollment of an infant or toddler in a phase III vaccine trial

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 25-26, 2003, Pages 3863-3866

  Langley, Joanne M ^a   Halperin, Scott A ^a   Smith, Bruce ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trial; Immunization; Parental attitudes

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242380635     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00304-9     Document Type: Article

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