Polio surveillance in Lao PDR: A two-year experience of active case search, 1994-96

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Kuroiwa, Chushi ^a   Chosa, Toru ^a   Murakami, Hitoshi ^a   Duangmala, Somthana ^b   Vongphrachanh, Pengta ^b   Saito, Tasuku ^b   Chiba, Yasuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033062706     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.3.185     Document Type: Article

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