Are patient-held vaccination records associated with improved vaccination coverage rates?

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  McElligott, James T ^a   Darden, Paul M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority health; Primary prevention; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77649139407     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0835     Document Type: Article

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