Children on the move and vaccination coverage in a low-income, urban Latino population

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1728-1731

  Findley, Sally E ^d   Irlgoyen, Matilde ^a   Schulman, Alan ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Joseph L Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d Ctr for Pop and Family Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032756148     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.11.1728     Document Type: Article

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