Vaccination coverage is higher in children living in areas with community health workers in rural South Africa

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 372-374

  Chopra, Mickey ^a   Wilkinson, David ^b  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031461119     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.6.372     Document Type: Article

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