Survey of the prevalence of immunization non-compliance due to needle fears in children and adults

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 4807-4812

  Taddio, Anna ^a,b   Ipp, Moshe ^b   Thivakaran, Suganthan ^a   Jamal, Ali ^a   Parikh, Chaitya ^a   Smart, Sarah ^a   Sovran, Julia ^a   Stephens, Derek ^c   Katz, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunization compliance; Needle fear; Pain management; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE FEAR; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862561395     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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