Parental views on pediatric vaccination: The impact of competing advocacy coalitions

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-242

  Wilson, Kumanan ^a,b,c   Barakat, Meredith ^b,d,e,f   Vohra, Sunita ^g   Ritvo, Paul ^b,h,i   Boon, Heather ^b,j,k  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Pediatric Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research and Education Network   (Canada)

^h Division of Preventive Oncology   (Canada)

ⁱ YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DRUG TOXICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARENT; PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DRUG TOXICITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PARENTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 40849136219     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506067662     Document Type: Article

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