Understanding and addressing childhood immunization coverage in urban slums

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 653-663

  Agarwal, Siddharth ^a,b   Bhanot, Arti ^a   Goindi, Geetanjali ^a  

^a USAID Environmental Health Project (EHP)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immunization; Monitoring; Outreach; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; INCIDENCE; INDIA; POPULATION RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 22844443497     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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