Child immunisation in Ghana: The effects of family, location and social disparity

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-343

  Matthews, Zoe ^a   Diamond, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION--DETERMINANTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WESTERN AFRICA;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030926642     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932097003271     Document Type: Article

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