Parents with doubts about vaccines: Which vaccines and reasons why

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 718-725

  Gust, Deborah A ^a,c   Darling, Natalie ^a   Kennedy, Allison ^a   Schwartz, Ben ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b National Vaccine Program Office   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Doubt; Parents; Refusal; Unsure; Vaccine concern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFANT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 54049103226     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0538     Document Type: Article

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