New combined tetanus-diptheria-acellular pertussis vaccines for adults: Primary care physician attitudes and preferences

Human Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Davis, Matthew M ^a,b,d   Kretsinger, Katrina ^c   Cowan, Anne E ^a   Stokley, Shannon ^c   Clark, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult vaccines; Pertussis; Physician attitudes; Tdap

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 34848927866     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.3.4.4307     Document Type: Article

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