Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices of general practitioners towards measles and MMR vaccination in southeastern France in 2012

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-43

  Pulcini, C ^a,b,c   Massin, S ^a,d,e   Launay, O ^f,g,h   Verger, P ^a,d,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Immunization; Primary care; Public health; Survey

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

RUBELLA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; IMMUNIZATION; PRIMARY CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84890789126     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12194     Document Type: Article

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