A Canadian national survey of attitudes and knowledge regarding preventive vaccines

Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ritvo, Paul ^a,b,c,d   Irvine, Jane ^a,b,e   Klar, Neil ^b,c   Wilson, Kumanan ^b   Brown, Laura ^d   Bremner, Karen E ^f   Rinfret, Aline ^g   Remis, Robert ^b   Krahn, Murray D ^b,h  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CANVAC   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Nationwide Canadian survey; Preventive vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4243183530     PISSN: 14768518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-8518-1-3     Document Type: Article

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