Association between acculturation and childhood vaccination coverage in migrant populations: A population based study from a rural region in Bavaria, Germany

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 180-187

  Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a   Akmatov, Manas K ^a   Stich, Heribert ^b   Krämer, Alexander ^a   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b District of Dingolfing Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; CATPCA; Germany; Migration; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 50649095716     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-8002-4     Document Type: Article

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