The web and public confidence in MMR vaccination in Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 35, Issue 35, 2017, Pages 4494-4498

  Aquino, Francesco ^a   Donzelli, Gabriele ^a   De Franco, Emanuela ^b   Privitera, Gaetano ^a   Lopalco, Pier Luigi ^a   Carducci, Annalaura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology (IBBA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

MMR vaccine; Social media; Vaccination coverage; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; VACCINATION; AUTISM; MASS MEDIUM; MEASLES; MUMPS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RUBELLA; VACCINATION COVERAGE; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; MASS MEDIA; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MUMPS; PUBLIC OPINION; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; VACCINATION COVERAGE; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

EID: 85025449892     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.029     Document Type: Article

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