Vaccine beliefs of parents who oppose compulsory vaccination

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-258

  Kennedy, Allison M ^a,b   Brown, Cedric J ^a   Gust, Deborah A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b Mailstop E61 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 18244391696     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000306     Document Type: Article

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