Is Underimmunization Associated With Child Maltreatment?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-213

  Stockwell, Melissa S ^a   Brown, Jocelyn ^a   Chen, Shaofu ^a   Vaughan, Roger D ^a   Irigoyen, Matilde ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; health services needs; immunization; vaccination

Indexed keywords

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

ABUSE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; RACE;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44049107959     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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