Systematic review of the effect of immunization mandates on uptake of routine childhood immunizations

Journal of Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 659-666

  Lee, Cecilia ^a   Robinson, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunization; Immunization uptake; Mandatory program

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE SCHOOL; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963491206     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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