Vaccination coverage among adolescents in certain provinces of Greece

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1122-1125

  Bitsori, Maria ^a   Ntokos, Michail ^b   Kontarakis, Nikolaos ^c   Sianava, Ourania ^d   Ntouros, Thomas ^d   Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Health Centre of Paramythia   (Greece)

^c Health Centre of Agia Varvara   (Greece)

^d General Hospital of Filiates   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Greece; Immunization schedules; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; GREECE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 23844476982     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510028614     Document Type: Article

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