Omission bias and vaccine rejection by parents of healthy children: Implications for the influenza A/H1N1 vaccination programme

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 4181-4185

  Brown, Katrina F ^a   Kroll, J Simon ^a   Hudson, Michael J ^b   Ramsay, Mary ^b   Green, John ^c   Vincent, Charles A ^a   Fraser, Graham ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H1N1 vaccine; Omission bias; Vaccine decision making

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; IRRITABILITY; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TISSUE SWELLING INHIBITING BREATHING; VACCINATION; VOMITING;

CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 77952675149     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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