Validity of vaccination cards and parental recall to estimate vaccination coverage: A systematic review of the literature

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1560-1568

  Miles, Melody ^a   Ryman, Tove K ^a   Dietz, Vance ^a   Zell, Elizabeth ^a   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Recall; Survey bias; Vaccination; Validity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL RECALL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; VACCINATION CARD; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84875268605     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.089     Document Type: Review

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