More vaccines for children? Parents' views

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 7818-7823

  Bedford, Helen ^a   Lansley, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Berkshire East PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child; Immunisation

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 35348851334     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.08.057     Document Type: Article

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