Parental decision-making in childhood vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4041-4046

  Serpell, Lucy ^a   Green, John ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Heuristics; Measles mumps and rubella vaccine; MMR; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUMPS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VACCINATION;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HUMANS; PARENTS; RISK; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646474711     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.02.037     Document Type: Review

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