Correlates of high vaccination exemption rates among kindergartens

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 750-756

  Birnbaum, Michael S ^a   Jacobs, Elizabeth T ^a,b   Ralston King, Jennifer ^c   Ernst, Kacey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization, School health, Immunization assessment; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINDERGARTEN; PERSONAL BELIEF EXEMPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ARIZONA; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84872600673     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.092     Document Type: Article

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