Vaccine refusal: Issues for the primary care physician

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 399-404

  Lyren, Anne ^a,b,c   Leonard, Ethan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 33747476135     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806289581     Document Type: Review

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