Use of combination vaccines is associated with improved coverage rates

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 496-500

  Marshall, Gary S ^a   Happe, Laura E ^b   Lunacsek, Orsolya E ^b   Szymanski, Michael D ^b   Woods, Charles R ^a   Zahn, Matthew ^a   Russell, Argartha ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b XCENDA   (United States)

^c Georgia Department of Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination vaccines; Coverage rates

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PEDIARIX; TRI HIBIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

FEMALE; GEORGIA; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 34249776354     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31805d7f17     Document Type: Article

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