Vaccine exemptions and the kindergarten vaccination coverage gap

Vaccine

Volumn 35, Issue 40, 2017, Pages 5346-5351

  Smith, Philip J ^a   Shaw, Jana ^b   Seither, Ranee ^a   Lopez, Adriana ^a   Hill, Holly A ^a   Underwood, Mike ^a   Knighton, Cynthia ^a   Zhao, Zhen ^a   Ravanam, Megha Shah ^c   Greby, Stacie ^a   Orenstein, Walter A ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Exemption; Vaccination coverage gap

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES CONTAINING VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; PARENT; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TETANUS; VACCINATION; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; VACCINATION; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

EID: 85028320056     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.036     Document Type: Article

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