Attitudes to immunisation in pregnancy among women in the UK targeted by such programmes

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 566-573

  Campbell, Helen ^a   Van Hoek, Albert Jan ^b   Bedford, Helen ^b   Craig, Laura ^a   Yeowell, Anna Lisa ^c   Green, David ^a   Yarwood, Joanne ^a   Ramsay, Mary ^a   Amirthalingam, Gayatri ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Bounty UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Immunisation; Influenza; Pertussis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938579435     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2015.23.8.566     Document Type: Article

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