United states private schools have higher rates of exemptions to school immunization requirements than public schools

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-133

  Shaw, Jana ^a   Tserenpuntsag, Boldtsetseg ^b   McNutt, Louise Anne ^c   Halsey, Neal ^d  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Preventive Medicine   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE SCHOOL; PUBLIC SCHOOL; RELIGION; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84903374658     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.03.039     Document Type: Article

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