Tetanus and rabies eradication in Pakistan; a mission not impossible

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 158-159

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Khatri, Ismail A ^b   Salahuddin, Naseem ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOG; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; TETANUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND CARE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS;

EID: 43749104211     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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