Trends and patterns in vaccination objection, Australia, 2002-2013

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 204, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 275.e1-275.e6

  Beard, Frank H ^a,b   Hull, Brynley P ^a   Leask, Julie ^b   Dey, Aditi ^a,b   McIntyre, Peter B ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; RECORDS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84971614212     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.01226     Document Type: Article

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