Birth order and private voluntary immunization-A study of 110,902 children

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 442-447

  Gavrielov Yusim, Natalie ^a   Battat, Erez ^b   Neumann, Lily ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Balicer, Ran D ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth order; Ethnicity; Family size; Private vaccination; SES

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARAB; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84355161443     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.060     Document Type: Article

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