Complementary medicine and childhood immunisation: A critical review

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 38, 2016, Pages 4484-4500

  Wardle, Jon ^a   Frawley, Jane ^a   Steel, Amie ^a,b   Sullivan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Endeavour College of Natural Health (Brisbane)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complementary medicine; Immunisation; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD; CINAHL; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; EMBASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDLINE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TRAINING; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PARENTS; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

EID: 84996555376     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.07.026     Document Type: Review

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