A hierarchical analysis of social determinants of measles vaccination coverage in Austrian schoolchildren

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-359

  Stronegger, Willibald J ^a   Freidl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Child care; Hierarchical analysis; Schoolchild; Social status; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77952898775     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp188     Document Type: Article

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