Tracking the global spread of vaccine sentiments: The global response to Japan's suspension of its HPV vaccine recommendation

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2543-2550

  Larson, Heidi J ^a   Wilson, Rose ^a   Hanley, Sharon ^b   Parys, Astrid ^c   Paterson, Pauline ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HPV; Japan; Social media; Vaccine; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; KENYA; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHILIPPINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SWITZERLAND; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; HEALTH; INTERNET; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84920198634     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/21645515.2014.969618     Document Type: Article

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