Improving childhood vaccination rates

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-393

  Diekema, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; EPIDEMIC; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B INFECTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEASLES; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856562408     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1113008     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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