Immunisation coverage of Queensland indigenous two-year-old children by cluster sampling and by register

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Vlack, Susan ^a,e   Foster, Rosemary ^b   Menzies, Robert ^c,d   Williams, Gail ^a   Shannon, Cindy ^a   Riley, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFLUENZA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RUBELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33847714165     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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