Why children are not vaccinated: A review of the grey literature

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-238

  Favin, Michael ^a   Steinglass, Robert ^b   Fields, Rebecca ^c   Banerjee, Kaushik ^e   Sawhney, Monika ^d  

^a The Manoff Group   (United States)

^b MCHIP   (United States)

^c MCHIP/ARISE   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Immunization; Left out; Missed opportunity; Under vaccination; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84870248721     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.07.004     Document Type: Review

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