Ethnicity as a correlate of the uptake of the first dose of mumps, measles and rubella vaccine

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 797-801

  Mixer, Ruth E ^a,b   Jamrozik, Konrad ^c   Newsom, David ^d  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG PRESCRIBING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VACCINATION; VACCINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MUMPS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RUBELLA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MOTHERS; MUMPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUBELLA;

BRENT; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EPINEPHELUS AENEUS; RUBELLA;

EID: 34548184129     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.045633     Document Type: Article

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