Ethical dilemmas in current planning for polio eradication

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 922-925

  Taylor, Carl E ^a   Cutts, Felicity ^b   Taylor, Mary E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030793374     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.922     Document Type: Review

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