Primary care pediatricians' perceptions of vaccine refusal in Europe

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-256

  Grossman, Zachi ^a   Van Esso, Diego ^b   Del Torso, Stefano ^c   Hadjipanayis, Adamos ^d   Drabik, Anna ^e   Gerber, Andreas ^f   Miron, Dan ^g,h  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b Primary Care Center Pare Claret   (Spain)

^c ULSS 16   (Italy)

^d Larnaca General Hospital   (Cyprus)

^e IGKE Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Klinische Epidemiologie   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

^g HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

EAPRESnet; Europe; pediatricians; refusal; vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 79951677192     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181faaaa3     Document Type: Article

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