Internet activity as a proxy for vaccination compliance

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 2395-2398

  Barak Corren, Yuval ^a,b   Reis, Ben Y ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet utilization; Polio infections prevention control; Polio immunology; Sentinel surveillance; Vaccination statistics numerical data

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE EAST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXY; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE EAST; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928591056     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.100     Document Type: Article

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