Validation of the vaccine conspiracy beliefs scale

Papillomavirus Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 167-172

  Shapiro, Gilla K ^a,b   Holding, Anne ^a   Perez, Samara ^a,b   Amsel, Rhonda ^a   Rosberger, Zeev ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Conspiracy beliefs; Human papillomavirus; Vaccine Conspiracy Belief Scale; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONSPIRACY MENTALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENGLISHMAN; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRENCHMAN; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; VACCINE CONSPIRACY BELIEF; VACCINE CONSPIRACY BELIEFS SCALE; CANADA; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84991661280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pvr.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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