Increase in vaccination coverage between subsequent generations of orthodox Protestants in the Netherlands

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 524-530

  Spaan, D Henri ^a   Ruijs, Wilhelmina L M ^a,b   Hautvast, Jeannine L A ^a,b   Tostmann, Alma ^b  

^a Public Health Service of Gelderland Zuid   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROTESTANTISM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026753951     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw248     Document Type: Article

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