Varicella vaccination coverage in Bavaria (Germany) after general vaccine recommendation in 2004

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 5738-5745

  Streng, Andrea ^a   Seeger, Karin ^a   Grote, Veit ^b   Liese, Johannes G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Parent survey; Vaccination coverage; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFANT; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955091712     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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