Improving immunization coverage rates: An evidence-based review of the literature

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-142

  Shefer, Abigail ^a,b   Briss, Peter ^b   Rodewald, Lance ^a   Bernier, Roger ^a   Strikas, Ray ^a   Yusuf, Hussain ^a   Ndiaye, Serigne ^a   Wiliams, Sheree ^a   Pappaioanou, Marguerite ^b   Hinman, Alan R ^c,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Task Force Child Survival and Devmt   (United States)

^d Task Force on Comm Prev Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032827038     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017992     Document Type: Review

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