Toward interactive, Internet-based decision aid for vaccination decisions: Better information alone is not enough

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3813-3818

  Connolly, Terry ^a   Reb, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision aiding; Decision making; Internet; Vaccination decisions

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; PARENTS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84861007685     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.094     Document Type: Article

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