Assessing and monitoring vaccination coverage levels: Lessons from the Americas

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 432-442

  Dietz, Vance ^a,b   Venczel, Linda ^b,c   Izurieta, Héctor ^a,d   Stroh, George ^e   Zell, Elizabeth R ^f   Monterroso, Edgar ^f,g   Tambini, Gina ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Bolivia)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Centers for Dis Contr and Prev ^*

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Americas; Health care evaluation mechanisms; Health surveys; Immunization programs; Mass immunization; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; IMMUNIZATION; VACCINATION;

DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW; VACCINATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244313315     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892004001200013     Document Type: Review

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