Epidemiology of vaccine hesitancy in the United States

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2643-2648

  Siddiqui, Mariam ^a   Salmon, Daniel A ^b   Omer, Saad B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Exemptions; Immunizations; Parent beliefs; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINE HESITANCY;

ATTITUDES; EXEMPTIONS; IMMUNIZATIONS; PARENT BELIEFS; VACCINE HESITANCY; VACCINES;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VACCINES;

EID: 84893084304     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.27243     Document Type: Review

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