Inequitable access to immunization and vitamin A capsule services: A case of ethnic minorities in three hill districts of Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-746

  Karim, F ^a   Rafi, M ^a   Begum, S A ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; Health equity; Hill districts; Immunization; Vitamin A capsule coverage

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMUNIZATION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

BANGLADESH; CAPSULES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN A;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20344372639     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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