Parents' attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination for their children. a survey comparing paper and web questionnaires, Sweden 2005

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dannetun, Eva ^a,c   Tegnell, Anders ^b   Giesecke, Johan ^c  

^a Landstinget I Östergötland ^*  (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SWEDEN; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WRITING;

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORRESPONDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249886528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-86     Document Type: Article

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