Attitudinal and demographic predictors of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) uptake during the UK catch-up campaign 2008-09: Cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Brown, Katrina ^a   Fraser, Graham ^b   Ramsay, Mary ^b   Shanley, Ruth ^a   Cowley, Noel ^a   van Wijgerden, Johan ^c   Toff, Penelope ^d   Falconer, Michelle ^e   Hudson, Michael ^b   Green, John ^f   Kroll, J Simon ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Ealing   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS Brent   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Halton and St Helens   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

RUBELLA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955935368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019381     Document Type: Article

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