The role of surveillance in a 'high risk' approach to the elimination of neonatal tetanus in Egypt

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1286-1291

  Aylward, R Bruce ^a,b   Mansour, Esmat ^b   Oon, El Said Aly ^b   Tawfik, Sohair Ahmed Ezzat ^b   Makar, Salwa ^b   El Kheir, Abdulla Abu ^b   Hassan, Atef ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elimination; High risk approach; Immunization; Neonatal tetanus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030442682     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1286     Document Type: Article

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