Assessment of coverage levels of single dose measles vaccine

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 507-510

  Tariq, Parveen ^a,b  

^a RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Epidemiology; Eradication; Measles; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; MOUTH ULCER; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; THRUSH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0142106287     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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