Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to estimate vaccination coverage helps guide future vaccination efforts

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Alberti, K P ^a   Guthmann, J P ^a   Fermon, F ^b   Nargaye, K D ^c   Grais, R F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Chad)

Author keywords

Chad; LQAS; Mass immunisation; Measles; Survey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHAD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

CHAD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 39149144500     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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