Factors associated with incomplete or delayed vaccination across countries: A systematic review

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2635-2643

  Tauil, Márcia de Cantuária ^a   Sato, Ana Paula Sayuri ^a   Waldman, Eliseu Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child health; Health services; Socioeconomic; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

BIRTH; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PORTUGUESE (LANGUAGE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPANISH (LANGUAGE); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; WEB OF SCIENCE; WORK; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFANT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BIRTH ORDER; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84964240127     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.04.016     Document Type: Review

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