Meningococcal B: Tell me everything you know and everything you don't know. New Zealanders' decision-making regarding an immunisation programme

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1263, 2007, Pages

  Watson, Paul B ^a   Yarwood, Judy ^a   Chenery, Kim ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS MEDIUM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36949025425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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