Effect of a school-entry vaccination requirement on racial and ethnic disparities in hepatitis B immunization coverage levels among public schoolstudents

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Morita, Julie Y ^a   Ramirez, Enrique ^a   Trick, William E ^b  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Hepatitis B vaccine; Immunization; Schools

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 40949099574     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0799     Document Type: Article

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