Neonatal Vitamin K refusal and nonimmunization

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 497-503

  Sahni, Vanita ^a   Lai, Florence Y ^a   MacDonald, Shannon E ^b,c  

^a Surveillance and Assessment   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health education; Immunization; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

HEALTH EDUCATION; IMMUNIZATION; VITAMIN K;

ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY BLEEDING;

EID: 84907218096     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1092     Document Type: Article

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