Missed opportunities: A national survey of obstetricians about attitudes on maternal and infant immunization

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1743-1747

  Link Gelles, Ruth ^a   Chamberlain, Allison T ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b   Ault, Kevin ^c,d   Whitney, Ellen ^a   Seib, Katherine ^a   Omer, Saad B ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H1N1 pandemic; Immunizations; Influenza; Prenatal care; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871768135     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0936-0     Document Type: Article

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