Conscious consideration of herd immunity in influenza vaccination decisions

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-121

  Parker, Andrew M ^a   Vardavas, Raffaele ^a   Marcum, Christopher S ^a   Gidengil, Courtney A ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEER PRESSURE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84879404697     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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