Family physician perspectives on barriers to childhood immunisation

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 17-18, 2004, Pages 2340-2344

  Petousis Harris, Helen ^a   Goodyear Smith, Felicity ^a   Turner, Nikki ^a   Soe, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communication; Family physician; Immunisation

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 2442609731     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.10.037     Document Type: Article

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