Impact of conflict on infant immunisation coverage in Afghanistan: A countrywide study 2000-2003

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mashal, Taufiq ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Seino, Kaoruko ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFGHANISTAN; BCG VACCINE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447105378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-23     Document Type: Article

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