Coverage and factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccination status among females of reproductive age in Peshawar

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 391-395

  Afridi, Naseem Khan ^a,d   Hatcher, Juanita ^b   Mahmud, Sadia ^b   Nanan, Debra ^c  

^a Provincial Health Services Academy   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Pacific Health and Development Sciences Inc   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Females; Maternal; Newborn; Pregnancy; Reproductive age; Tetanus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; TETANUS; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 23644433535     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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