Influenza vaccine: Awareness and barriers to immunization in families of children with chronic medical conditions other than asthma

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1101-1105

  Rathore, Mobeen H ^a,b   Mirza, Ayesha ^b   Subedar, Asad ^b   Fowler, Sandra L ^b   Murray, Dennis L ^b   Arnold, Sandra ^b   Tristram, Debra ^b   Abuelreish, Motasem ^b   Wludyka, Peter ^b   Chiu, Thomas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Awareness and barriers to immunization; Chronic medical conditions; Influenza immunization

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KNOWLEDGE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149359821     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318182ee8d     Document Type: Article

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