Predictors of administration and attitudes about pneumococcal, Haemophilus influenzae type b and rotavirus vaccines among pediatricians in India: A national survey

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3541-3545

  Gargano, Lisa M ^a   Thacker, Naveen ^b   Choudhury, Panna ^b   Weiss, Paul S ^c   Pazol, Karen ^a   Bahl, Sunil ^d   Jafari, Hamid S ^d   Arora, Manisha ^e   Orenstein, Walter A ^a   Hughes, James M ^a   Omer, Saad B ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)   (India)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hib vaccine; India; Pediatricians; Pneumococcal vaccine; Rotavirus vaccine

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B INFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84860990128     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.03.064     Document Type: Article

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