Immunization coverage and child mortality in two rural districts of Sierra Leone

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1599-1604

  Amin, Ruhul ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease symptoms among children died under age five; Immunization coverage; Reduction in infant and child mortality; Rural Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SIERRA LEONE; TIME OF DEATH;

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; IMMUNISATION COVERAGE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

SIERRE LEONE;

EID: 0029662538     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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