Tracking parental attitudes on vaccination across European countries: The Vaccine Safety, Attitudes, Training and Communication Project (VACSATC)

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 5731-5737

  Stefanoff, Pawel ^a,c   Mamelund, Svenn Erik ^b,c   Robinson, Mary ^c,c   Netterlid, Eva ^c,d   Tuells, Jose ^c,e   Riise Bergsaker, Marianne A ^b,c   Heijbel, Harald ^c,d   Yarwood, Joanne ^c   Muchl, Robert ^c   Van Damme, Pierre ^c   Hendrickx, Greet ^c   Theeten, Heidi ^c   Tack, Sue ^c   Vladimirova, Nadezhda ^c   Kemsley, Philippa ^c   Kerbo, Natalia ^c   Bartha, Kalman ^c   Czumbel, Ida ^c   Bonanni, Paolo ^c   Boccalini, Sara ^c   Stalcrantz, Jeanette ^c   Pors Muniz, Harald ^c   Rogalska, Justyna ^c   Pistol, Adriana ^c   Stanescu, Aurora ^c   Kraigher, Alenka ^c   Metlicar, Tanja ^c   Aristegui, Javier ^c   Caballero, Pablo ^c   Bergwall, Peter ^c   Aksakal, Nur ^c   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Department of Health ^*

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parental attitudes; Survey; Tracking; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955088420     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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