Vaccination coverage among adolescents and risk factors associated with incomplete immunization

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1419-1426

  Sakou, Irine Ikbale ^a   Tsitsika, Artemis K ^a   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^a   Tzavela, Eleni C ^a   Greydanus, Donald E ^b   Tsolia, Maria N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Immunization; Risk factors; Vaccination coverage; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGITIDIS C VACCINE; MENINGITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOMPLETE IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MUMPS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655177085     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1456-z     Document Type: Article

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