Preevent vaccination against smallpox: A survey of pediatric emergency health care providers

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-336

  Everett, Worth W ^a,b   Zaoutis, Theoklis L ^b,c   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b   Strom, Brian L ^a,b   Coffin, Susan E ^b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Pediatrics; Smallpox; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SMALLPOX; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTERRORISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLPOX; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 1942484394     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200404000-00011     Document Type: Article

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