Cocooning Infants: Tdap Immunization for New Parents in the Pediatric Office

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 344-347

  Walter, Emmanuel B ^a   Allred, Norma ^a   Rowe West, Beth ^a   Chmielewski, Kathlene ^a   Kretsinger, Katrina ^a   Dolor, Rowena J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

infants; pertussis; vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; PUERPERIUM; VACCINATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 70249093662     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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