Febrile seizures and measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine: What do primary care physicians think?

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 6731-6733

  O'Leary, Sean T ^a,b   Suh, Christina A ^a,b   Marin, Mona ^c   Daley, Matthew F ^d   Broder, Karen ^d   Crane, Lori A ^d   Babbel, Christine I ^d   Barrow, Jennifer ^d   Huang, Wan Ting ^d   Stokley, Shannon ^d   Beaty, Brenda ^d   Dickinson, L Miriam ^d   Kempe, Allison ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Immunizations; MMR vaccine; MMRV vaccine; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COST; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REIMBURSEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION;

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 84868197037     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.08.075     Document Type: Article

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