Vaccine coverage of preschool children in rural and semi-rural Thessaly a pilot study

Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics, International Edition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Roupa, Zoi ^a,f   Sapountzi Krepia, Despoina ^b   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^c   Kotrotsiou, Evangelia ^d   Paralikas, Theodosios ^d   Papathanasiou, Ioanna ^d   Kapetanaki, Anastasia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control   (Greece)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^e Pharmacists Department of IKA   (Greece)

^f NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Health policy; Immunization coverage; Public health; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE 1; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE 2; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE 3; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE 1; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE 2; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE 3; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE 4; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE 5; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE 1; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE 2; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE 3; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL SEMI AREA; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

EID: 20044370868     PISSN: 10116583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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