Ethnic differences in the rates of BCG vaccination

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-49

  Deshpande, S A ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BCG VACCINATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 1642540115     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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