Parental Hesitation as a Factor in Delayed Childhood Immunization

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 388-393

  Luthy, Karlen E ^a   Beckstrand, Renea L ^a   Peterson, Neil E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

immunization education.; immunization hesitancy; Immunizations; parental hesitancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350516517     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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