Immunization rates and timely administration in pre-school and school-aged children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-129

  Heininger, Ulrich ^a   Zuberbühler, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Coverage; Immunization; Timely immunization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; MUMPS; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERTUSSIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SWITZERLAND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; VACCINES;

EID: 29744461948     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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