The challenges in measuring local immunization coverage: A statewide case study

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Wolf, Elizabeth ^a,b   Rowhani Rahbar, Ali ^c   Duchin, Jeffrey ^c,d   DeHart, M Patricia ^e   Opel, Douglas ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MEASLES; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PARENT; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SCHOOL; UTILIZATION; WASHINGTON;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS VACCINATION; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84969758900     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3755     Document Type: Article

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