The Effect of Perceived Risks on the Demand for Vaccination: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sadique, Md Z ^a   Devlin, Nancy ^b,c   Edmunds, William J ^a,c   Parkin, David ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Office of Health Economics   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS South East Coast ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; VACCINATION;

EID: 84873637733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054149     Document Type: Article

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