Assessing vaccination coverage in infants, survey studies versus the Flemish immunisation register: Achieving the best of both worlds

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-349

  Braeckman, Tessa ^a   Lernout, Tinne ^a   Top, Geert ^b   Paeps, Annick ^b   Roelants, Mathieu ^c   Hoppenbrouwers, Karel ^c   Van Damme, Pierre ^a   Theeten, Heidi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Agency for Care and Health   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flanders (Belgium); Immunisation coverage; Immunisation register; Infant; Survey study

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; VACCINATION;

FLANDERS (BELGIUM); IMMUNISATION COVERAGE; IMMUNISATION REGISTER; INFANT; SURVEY STUDY;

BELGIUM; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MALE; REGISTRIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84891009064     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.041     Document Type: Article

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