Have you had a tetanus booster in the last 10 years? Sensitivity and specificity of the question

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-406

  Hagen, Philip T ^a   Bond, Allison R ^a   Rehman, Hamid ^a   Molella, Robin G ^a   Murad, M Hassan ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Patient recall; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tetanus vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 39149129054     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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