Use and abuse of rapid monitoring to assess coverage during mass vaccination campaigns

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 651-

  Luman, Elizabeth T ^a   Cairns, K Lisa ^a   Perry, Robert ^a   Dietz, Vance ^a   Gittelman, David ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; POLIOMYELITIS; VACCINATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548692099     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.045328     Document Type: Editorial

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