Pertussis vaccination in Child Care Workers: Room for improvement in coverage, policy and practice

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hope, Kirsty ^a   Butler, Michelle ^a   Massey, Peter D ^b   Cashman, Patrick ^c   Durrheim, David N ^a   Stephenson, Jody ^a   Worley, April ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PERTUSSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TELECONSULTATION; VACCINATION; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DAY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84864580377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-98     Document Type: Article

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