Hepatitis A vaccine uptake in San Diego County: Hispanic children are better immunized

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 971-976

  Owen, Erin C ^a,b   Peddecord, K Michael ^a,b   Wang, Wenrong ^a   Vryheid, Robert ^a   Picardal, Michelle ^a   DeGuire, Michelle ^a   Gustafson, Kathleen W ^c   Ross, Sandra ^c   Brodine, Stephanie K ^b   Sawyer, Mark H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d San Diego Immunization Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEPHONE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; VACCINATION;

EID: 26444584920     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.10.971     Document Type: Article

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