Taking a closer look: An examination of measles, mumps, and rubella immunization uptake in Saskatoon

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-421

  Avis, Kyla ^a   Tan, Leonard ^b   Anderson, Cathy ^c   Tan, Ben ^b   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunization; Measles; Mumps; Neighbourhood; Rubella

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048992352     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405431     Document Type: Article

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