A population-based register study of vaccine coverage among children in Greenland

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1704-1709

  Hansen, Christoffer Holst ^a   Koch, Anders ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood; Greenland; Vaccine coverage

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIGRATION; MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037413972     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00524-8     Document Type: Article

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