Timely immunization series completion among children of immigrants

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Buelow, Victoria H ^a   Hook, Jennifer ^b  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Immigrants; Immunizations; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; NEGRO; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RUBELLA; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249049343     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9048-8     Document Type: Article

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