Maternal work conditions, socioeconomic and educational status, and vaccination of children: A community-based household survey in Japan

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-21

  Ueda, Michiko ^a,b   Kondo, Naoki ^a   Takada, Misato ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Immunization; Infant; Japan; Preschool; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COLLEGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORKING MOTHER; EMPLOYMENT; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; VACCINATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84902464291     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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