Parental attitude towards mass antimicrobial prophylaxis during a school-associated pertussis outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Borchardt, S M ^a   Polyak, G ^b   Dworkin, M S ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Disease   (United States)

^b Village of Oak Park Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADACEL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PERTUSSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33751360785     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006480     Document Type: Article

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