Protecting adolescent girls against tetanus

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 6997, 1995, Pages 73-

  Brabin, Loretta ^a,b,c,d   Kemp, Julia ^a,b,c,d   Maxwell, Sheila M ^a,b,c,d   Ikimalo, John ^a,b,c,d   Obunge, Orikomaba K ^a,b,c,d   Briggs, Nimi D ^a,b,c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^d Overseas Development Administration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; RETINOL; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; CRITIQUE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIONS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAMS; SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES; TETANUS; VACCINATION; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0029054137     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.6997.73     Document Type: Editorial

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