Informing state-level health policy in India: The case of childhood immunizations in Maharashtra and Bihar

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-126

  Gatchell, Melissa ^a   Thind, Amardeep ^b,c   Hagigi, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 38349062628     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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