Confidence about vaccines in the United States: Understanding parents' perceptions

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1151-1159

  Kennedy, Allison ^a   LaVail, Katherine ^a   Nowak, Glen ^a   Basket, Michelle ^a   Landry, Sarah ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DRUG SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARENT PERCEPTION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG TOXICITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES; VACCINES;

EID: 79959505951     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0396     Document Type: Article

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