Health workers and vaccination coverage in developing countries: an econometric analysis

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9569, 2007, Pages 1277-1285

  Anand, Sudhir ^a,b   Bärnighausen, Till ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 34047245158     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60599-6     Document Type: Article

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