A mass campaign too often? Results of a vaccination coverage survey in the Dikgale-Soekmekaar district

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-68

  van Turennout, Carla ^a   Vandelanotte, Joris ^b   van den Akker, Marjan ^a   Depoorter, AnneMarie ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMALLPOX; SOUTH AFRICA; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037239193     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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