Validity of parental report of influenza vaccination in children 6 to 59 months of age

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Shinall Jr , Myrick C ^a   Plosa, Erin J ^b   Poehling, Katherine A ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Children; Influenza vaccine; Parent; Validity

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

EID: 35148874127     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0052     Document Type: Article

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