A prefilled injection device for outreach tetanus immunization by Bolivian traditional birth attendants

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-25

  Quiroga, Rosario ^b   Halkyer, Percy ^c   Gil, Fernando ^d   Nelson, Carib ^a   Kristensen, Debra ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b Ministerio de Desarrollo Humano   (Bolivia)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Bolivia)

^d Pan American Health Organization   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

HEALTHCARE; IMMUNISATION; INJECTION; TETANUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SYRINGE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0031927742     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891998000700004     Document Type: Article

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