Pediatricians' experience with and response to parental vaccine safety concerns and vaccine refusals: A survey of connecticut pediatricians

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 13-23

  Leib, Susan ^a   Liberatos, Penny ^a   Edwards, Karen ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 80052071882     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s203     Document Type: Article

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