Attitudes towards vaccination against group B streptococcus in pregnancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 700-701

  McQuaid, Fiona ^a   Jones, Christine ^b   Stevens, Zoe ^a   Plumb, Jane ^c   Hughes, Rhona ^d   Bedford, Helen ^e   Heath, Paul T ^b   Snape, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Group B Strep Support   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; IMMUNIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84902358247     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305716     Document Type: Letter

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