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Immunization
Research on immunization reported by scientists at National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
May 21st, 2008
Research findings, 'Asian and Pacific Islander childhood vaccination coverage: National Immunization Survey, 2002-2004,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from the United States, "Public health data on Asian/Pacific Islanders are most often collected and reported as one aggregated group. This aggregation of data can mask potential differences among the many ethnic/national/cultural groups classified as Asian/Pacific Islanders." "We used data from the National Immunization Survey (NIS) to examine immunization status for all US children and four mutually exclusive groups: Asian only, Native Hawaiian only, Pacific Islander only, and other. We...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-05-21)
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