Changing attitudes towards polio vaccination: A randomized trial of an evidence-based presentation versus a presentation from a polio survivor

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3010-3015

  Wilson, Kumanan ^a,c   Mills, Edward J ^b   Norman, Geoff ^b   Tomlinson, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Knowledge transfer; Pediatrics; Polio vaccines

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 16244365498     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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