Attitudes to immunisation: A survey of health professionals in the Rotorua District

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1189, 2004, Pages

  Jelleyman, Tim ^a,b   Ure, Andrew ^a  

^a Rotorua Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROHN DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 1642484964     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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