The impact of a school entry law on adolescent immunization rates

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 511-516

  Wilson, Thad R ^a   Fishbein, Daniel B ^a   Ellis, Peggy A ^a   Edlavitch, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Immunizations; School entry laws

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; MUMPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 27944453902     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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