Parental views on vaccine safety and future vaccinations of children who experienced an adverse event following routine or seasonal influenza vaccination in 2010

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 662-667

  Parrella, Adriana ^a   Gold, Michael ^a   Marshall, Helen ^a   Braunack Mayer, Annette ^a   Watson, Maureen ^b   Baghurst, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

AEFI; Attitude; Influenza; Parent; Safety; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VACCINE FAILURE;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84863684861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.19478     Document Type: Article

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