Parental beliefs about vaccination among an ethnically diverse inner-city population

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1047-1050

  Fitch, Pamela ^a   Racine, Andrew ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Inner city; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 3242802042     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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