Widening inequalities in MMR vaccine uptake rates among ethnic groups in an urban area of the UK during a period of vaccine controversy (1994-2000)

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 7516-7519

  Hawker, Jeremy I ^a   Olowokure, Babatunde ^a,b   Wood, Annette L ^a   Wilson, Richard C ^c   Johnson, Richard ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Moseley Hall Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d Eastern Birmingham NHS PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Ethnic group; MMR vaccine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MUMPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 34948871547     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.08.043     Document Type: Article

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