Delays in primary vaccination of infanths living in Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1087-1089

  Hasanain, Fawzia H ^a   Jan, Mohammed M ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Delay; Immunization; Infant; Primary; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUBELLA; SAUDI ARABIA; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036757738     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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