Physician beliefs and practices regarding the use of hepatitis A vaccine

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Sabnis, Svapna ^a,b   Pomeranz, Albert J ^a   Mao, Jingnan ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Downtown Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34548223166     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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