Children and adolescents unvaccinated against measles: Geographic clustering, parents’ beliefs, and missed opportunities

Public Health Reports

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 485-504

  Smith, Philip J ^a   Marcuse, Edgar K ^b   Seward, Jane F ^a   Zhao, Zhen ^a   Orenstein, Walter A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIGRANT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940385138     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491513000512     Document Type: Article

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