Mistrust surrounding vaccination recommendations by the Japanese government: Results from a national survey of working-age individuals Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wada, Koji ^a   Smith, Derek R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General health conditions; Immunisation; Information; Mistrust; Population; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; VACCINES;

EID: 84928647545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1772-8     Document Type: Article

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