Assessment of Immunization Status in Hospitalized Children Followed by Counseling of Parents and Primary Care Physicians Improves Vaccination Coverage: An Interventional Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Muehleisen, Beda ^a   Baer, Gurli ^a   Schaad, Urs B ^a   Heininger, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PARENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 36148993962     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.051     Document Type: Article

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