Polio eradication - Global initiative; strategy challenged in Kerala, India

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-210

  Nair, V Mohanan ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Global polio eradication; Polio eradication; Pulse polio

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036737582     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/24.3.207     Document Type: Review

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