Vaccination usage among an Old-Order Amish community in Illinois

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1182-1183

  Yoder, Jonathan S ^a,b   Dworkin, Mark S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish; Vaccine; Vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; AMISH; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33845455373     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000246851.19000.3e     Document Type: Article

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