Incomplete immunisation uptake in infancy: Maternal reasons

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 47-48, 2006, Pages 6823-6829

  Samad, Lamiya ^a   Butler, Neville ^b   Peckham, Catherine ^a   Bedford, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Immunisation; Parents' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINE FAILURE;

ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 33846393928     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.06.039     Document Type: Article

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