Homeschooling parents' practices and beliefs about childhood immunizations

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1149-1153

  Thorpe, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Zimmerman, Richard K ^c,d   Steinhart, Jonathan D ^d   Lewis, Kathleen N ^e   Michaels, Marian G ^b,f  

^a Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e POINT PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Homeschooling; Immunizations; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMESCHOOLING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPOUSE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856355263     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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