The accuracy of mothers' reports of child vaccination: evidence from rural Egypt

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1205-1212

  Langsten, Ray ^a   Hill, Kenneth ^b  

^a Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child immunization; Egypt; EPI; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH INFORMATION; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032079953     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10049-1     Document Type: Article

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