Archives of disease in childhood
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To determine if different factors affect children having full, partial or no primary immunisations. ⋯ Knowledge of these differences will help target campaigns to increase full uptake of primary immunisations.
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To assess the reliability and accuracy of medical advice, over a range of types of websites, found using the Google search engine, thus simulating a patient's experience. ⋯ The authors have shown that the advice on the internet is very variable. Patients are known to use the internet for their own research and as such the authors encourage healthcare workers to recommend government or NHS websites.