Immunization coverage among children born between 1989 and 1994 in Saladdin Governorate, Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 933-940

  Al Sheikh, O G ^a   Al Samarrai, J I ^a   Al Sumaidaie, M M ^a   Mohammad, S A ^a   Al Dujaily, A A ^a  

^a TIKRIT UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033186549     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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