Socioeconomic factors and persistent racial disparities in childhood vaccination

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-445

  Wooten, Karen G ^a   Luman, Lizabeth T ^a   Barker, Lawrence E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial disparities; Socioeconomic factors; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547308134     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.4.10     Document Type: Article

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