Monitoring temperatures in the vaccine cold chain in Bolivia

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Nelson, Carib ^a   Froes, Paulo ^b   Dyck, Anne Mie Van ^b   Chavarría, Jeaneth ^b   Boda, Enrique ^c   Coca, Alberto ^c   Crespo, Gladys ^c   Lima, Heinz ^c  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Bolivia Ministry of Health   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Cold chain; Temperature monitoring; Vaccine freezing; Vaccine potency

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; HEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VACCINATION;

BOLIVIA; COLD; DATA COMPRESSION; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; VACCINES;

EID: 33845371950     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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